The 'Crowther' effect

To be stunned or overcome by the brilliance of an individuals knowledge, or way of thinking.

Bob: "Did you hear that guy's speech?"

Tom: "Yeah it was great, that guy's really put The 'Crowther' effect on me!

Bob: "Me too."

by 02tclark May 28, 2010

Penny Effect

The Penny Effect is where girls take pictures of themselves looking down and spot a penny on the ground. The luck from said penny gives their pictures whatever they need to be posted.

Girl 1- I saw where Jenny went to the wishing well in her last selfie.

Girl 2- Yeah, so no matter where she looked down, the pic was gonna be perf.

Girl 1- Abusing the Penny Effect.

Girl 2- Bitch.

by Pabro Escobar February 7, 2018

The McLachlan Effect

The act of replacing pleasant and/or nostalgic memories with horrors. An audio or visual that is so effective it cancels out old memories with new ones that are forever seared in your mind and instantly call up bad feelings like sexual disturbance, shame, angst, hatred of humankind, or general ickyness.

"I can never listen to "Surfacing" again without thinking of one-eyed puppies due to The Mclachlan Effect."

"I can't let my niece watch the Muppets anymore since Kermit creeped me out with his reaction to "2 Girls 1 Cup".

by The Old Lady February 25, 2009

The Kris-Ted Effect

When two handsome, polite guys go out for a nice time, and rather than objectify women and demonstrate toxic masculinity to the entire bar, they make friends and get free drinks.

I had such a great time at Mario’s, and because of the Kris-Ted effect, I didn’t spend a dollar!

by Kj7770 November 17, 2023

hhwheat effect

The act of producing replicas of something and falling into a rabbithole of discovering odd quirks and differences to document and replicate

I was trying to model my favourite cars but then I got the hhwheat effect and made a hundred of them

by DarkSpyro78 June 15, 2024

Aqua Effect

The effect is where you follow Aqua on any social media and automatically get Leon Kennedy edits recommended to you.

Dude I just saw Leon Kennedy, it must be the Aqua Effect

by Mr. Crease November 20, 2023

The Ocean’s 8 Effect

Used in modern media, the concept where someone puts together a group of people who are individually, incredibly attractive on their own, however once put in said group with other attractive people become 100x sexier.

“dude how is it that there being 6 hot magician criminals in now you see me is so much hotter than just one?”
“i know!!! it’s ‘The Ocean’s 8 Effect’!!”

by madison2000101 January 8, 2022