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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
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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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The Lin Effect

The mass migration of indigenous peoples of Asia to television sets in order to witness one of their own take on the Africans.
"Man, this Asian shopping center is so empty today. Must be the Lin Effect."
by warriorsgonnahate April 8, 2012
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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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Ovsiankina effect

In psychology, the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks previously initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved. The effect is named after Maria Ovsiankina, who conducted research on this behavior.
I couldn't focus on my new project because every time I got interrupted, I felt this strong Ovsiankina effect pulling me back to finish what I had started yesterday.
by Emotional Cruiser November 4, 2025
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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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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
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