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Stopwatch Effect

When a man tries to use the restroom, such as in a urinal, and another man walks in and begins speaking, breaking Male Bathroom Etiquette. The first man's stream then begins to stop flowing, and begin, as the second man starts and stops talking.
Man #1: *urinating*

Man #2: *urinating* Hey, Bob.

Man #1: *stops urinating* Stop talking, you're giving me the stopwatch effect.
by KingBreaker July 5, 2011
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study effect

The study effect occurs when everything seems interesting while you should be studying, but when you finish, it seems boring.
I was excited to play some Battlefield after I was finished studying, but when I finished, it seemed boring. It was a common case of the study effect.
by The philosopher November 27, 2013
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The Quixel Effect

The act of becoming so incredibly stuck up while embracing annoying behavior by never shutting up about Quixel Mixer software to the point that you become a village idiot.
Did you see that guy today on Discord? he ported a tree from quixel and continued posting about it for 3 hours straight, must be The Quixel Effect!
by The Sourcerer of Shit August 12, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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