Friend 1: Damn, did you hear that Prince died?
Friend 2: What? Are you serious?!
You: Wait, who's Prince?
Friend 1: What?! You've never heard of Prince? Everybody knows Prince!
Friend 2: Dude, you're experiencing reverse mandela effect.
Friend 2: What? Are you serious?!
You: Wait, who's Prince?
Friend 1: What?! You've never heard of Prince? Everybody knows Prince!
Friend 2: Dude, you're experiencing reverse mandela effect.
by alednaM nosleN November 17, 2019

"Where's Tony, we have a meeting in 2 minutes!" - "he's sending mandela down the river, he should be out in a minute"
by Greg The Keg May 1, 2009

by Eggsoup June 30, 2023

An event that happened to a lot of people like a whole generation. Where everyone remember one thing but it was never like that aka Remembering wrong. It doesn't seem to make sense though. Like as if a time loop or everyone is in a different universe. Often thought of to started in the 2010s as zoomers or gen Y were noticing that things are different now.
by 459395 May 26, 2023

James: Dude, didn't you know that Curious George has a tail?
Joe: you just experienced the mandela effect
James: what
Joe: you just experienced the mandela effect
James: what
by SebDoesDefinitions_ March 14, 2022

by Beauchpls December 4, 2018

It's when you're looking for a meme that you swore you got chuckles out of but can never find it anywhere. Did you just laugh at a meme made by the fourth dimensional beings? Or did you just found a glitch in the Matrix?
"Bro, look at this Leonardo DiCaprio meme"
"Wait who's Leonardo DiCaprio?"
"Oh shit we must've been Mandela Memed."
"Wait who's Leonardo DiCaprio?"
"Oh shit we must've been Mandela Memed."
by arapaima November 5, 2020
