When you suddenly fail on an easy part of a game you're skilled at. Referencing Geometry Dash top player Doggie failing on very easy levels.
by ST3LLAR November 28, 2025
Get the The Doggie Effect mug.When you’re convinced something is real because it sounds real, but you’re not sure whether you actually remember it or your brain just made it up.
Originates from a Codenames game where a player confused Sassoon with the Streisand Effect and confidently assumed the “Sassoon Effect” was a legitimate concept. It wasn’t — and now it’s used to describe those moments when you can’t tell whether something actually exists or your brain completely fabricated it.
Originates from a Codenames game where a player confused Sassoon with the Streisand Effect and confidently assumed the “Sassoon Effect” was a legitimate concept. It wasn’t — and now it’s used to describe those moments when you can’t tell whether something actually exists or your brain completely fabricated it.
by ricerie November 28, 2025
Get the Sassoon Effect mug.The Fred Effect is when somebody in a friend group dyes their hair, and then over the next few weeks, at least 2 other members of the group will also dye their hair, usually the same colour
Did you hear about fred, he dyed his hair few weeks ago and now James and John have purple hair now! Talk about The Fred Effect!
by Randon4729 December 2, 2025
Get the The Fred Effect mug.When a person interacts with Nicholas and is then suddenly aware of all the orange things in their day to day life. They begin to notice orange cars, orange jackets, and other orange things.
by MarvelousMass December 3, 2025
Get the The Nicholas Effect mug.**The Kordain Effect** (*noun*, often capitalized)
1. A quantum interstellar galactic anomaly that describes how minor setbacks or errors in space travel, colonization, or intergalactic relations escalate into catastrophic events on a cosmic scale—akin to Murphy’s Law but with exponentially larger consequences. Rumored to be named after Kordain, a notorious schemer known for plotting playful "war crimes" involving moose and general chaos (see also: Canadian history).
2. A darkly humorous concept suggesting that whatever can go wrong in the universe, especially when venturing beyond Earth, will not only go wrong but do so with maximum theatricality and impact.
*Origin:* Believed to have originated within online gaming communities, particularly among players of Star Citizen, where it’s used to explain unexpected system failures or resource shortages during missions. Some speculate it’s a nod to Kordain’s in-game persona as a master strategist of misfortune. Others don't know if Kordain even really exists but they know the effect is real.
*Note:* The Kordain Effect is not an official scientific term but a colloquial descriptor for universal misfortune, often used ironically or as self-deprecating humor among spacefarers and gamers.
1. A quantum interstellar galactic anomaly that describes how minor setbacks or errors in space travel, colonization, or intergalactic relations escalate into catastrophic events on a cosmic scale—akin to Murphy’s Law but with exponentially larger consequences. Rumored to be named after Kordain, a notorious schemer known for plotting playful "war crimes" involving moose and general chaos (see also: Canadian history).
2. A darkly humorous concept suggesting that whatever can go wrong in the universe, especially when venturing beyond Earth, will not only go wrong but do so with maximum theatricality and impact.
*Origin:* Believed to have originated within online gaming communities, particularly among players of Star Citizen, where it’s used to explain unexpected system failures or resource shortages during missions. Some speculate it’s a nod to Kordain’s in-game persona as a master strategist of misfortune. Others don't know if Kordain even really exists but they know the effect is real.
*Note:* The Kordain Effect is not an official scientific term but a colloquial descriptor for universal misfortune, often used ironically or as self-deprecating humor among spacefarers and gamers.
- "Our 890 Jump lost Quantumdrive near Grim Hex—classic Kordain Effect."
- "The trade route collapsed after pirates hijacked the hyperlane; must be the Kordain Effect at work again."
- “Trying to broker peace between the Galactic Federation and the Zorgon Empire? Don’t bother, it’s just inviting the Kordain Effect.”
- "The trade route collapsed after pirates hijacked the hyperlane; must be the Kordain Effect at work again."
- “Trying to broker peace between the Galactic Federation and the Zorgon Empire? Don’t bother, it’s just inviting the Kordain Effect.”
by TheRealSarcasmO December 3, 2025
Get the The Kordain Effect mug.“wow did you see how that girl just ran away screaming from that guy?”
“ya. he’s got that ricky g effect ya feel”
“ya. he’s got that ricky g effect ya feel”
by smd676767 December 6, 2025
Get the ricky g effect mug.When an example of the Mandela Effect is disprovable with absolute certainty, but a person still believes that their perception of events is completely correct and begins to rationalise with increasing layers of unbelievability and absurdity.
Person A: Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990.
Person B: No he wasn't, he died in prison in the 1980s. Any other attempts to convince you otherwise have been written by a rogue artificial intelligence.
Person A: Not true. I met Nelson Mandela.
Person B: Well, actually, you didn't, you were possessed by a demon that made you think you met Nelson Mandela, but you didn't really.
Person A: I think you're suffering from the Mandildo Effect.
Person B: No he wasn't, he died in prison in the 1980s. Any other attempts to convince you otherwise have been written by a rogue artificial intelligence.
Person A: Not true. I met Nelson Mandela.
Person B: Well, actually, you didn't, you were possessed by a demon that made you think you met Nelson Mandela, but you didn't really.
Person A: I think you're suffering from the Mandildo Effect.
by CleveW December 7, 2025
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