A literal example of the yellow light effect is to speed up when you see a yellow light. Figuratively, you do the opposite.
by Stephan Smolka April 3, 2009
Get the yellow light effect mug.The "Pete Davidson effect" is when women are influenced by their peers in determining if a man is attractive or not. When Pete Davidson was dating Ariana Grande suddenly millions of females thought he was super sexy and attractive. After Grande dumped him, not so much. Women are sometimes influenced by peer pressure when it comes to how they rate men in terms of their desirability.
"Geez, how is Bill suddenly macking it with all these hot chicks? He's a loser and most girls think he's ugly."
"It's the Pete Davidson Effect. He created an illusion that women were chasing after him, and then suddenly he was a pimp."
"It's the Pete Davidson Effect. He created an illusion that women were chasing after him, and then suddenly he was a pimp."
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The Perky effect, in psychology, refers to the process by which visual mental imagery is thought to interefere with visual perception. For example, if a person is instructed to project by imagination a tomato or a banana on a while screen, an a faint image of a tomato or banana is projected, the person may not be able to tell the difference between the real image and that which was imagined. Cheves W. Perky did the pioneering research on this back in 1910. This is the first meaning of the Perky effect.
There is another meaning: the Perky effect is what happens when you go braless on a cold day.
There is another meaning: the Perky effect is what happens when you go braless on a cold day.
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Get the Effed mug.When they see the big D and freak out. This is the effect caused by seeing a very large penis, which usually causes the viewer's jaw to drop. This is most often seen with women on webcams, but also happens often at college parties. Freak cock effect has been the main source of many men getting laid. The one downside of a freak cock is that it is difficult for extremely well-endowed men to maintain stable personal relationships and receive gratifying oral sex.
Benny: Jim just came in and tore the club up! He was trotting around asking girls if they wanted to catch a glimpse of his hot dog on a stick. How did he get them to fall for it? Steve: Well, my son, that's the power of the freak cock effect. Few women can truly handle its hypnotic effects.
by Eric Kazinsky May 30, 2014
Get the freak cock effect mug.When gossip or a story is being passed around, being told to one person, who retells it to another, and with each re-telling the story is changed slightly, until by the last re-telling it has changed almost beyond recognition of the original story.
Guy 1: Dude, John just told me about that girl and the guy from down the hall having sex in the closet!
Guy 2: No dude that never happened! He just grabbed her boob accidentally outside of the closet. That's a serious chinese whisper effect!
Guy 2: No dude that never happened! He just grabbed her boob accidentally outside of the closet. That's a serious chinese whisper effect!
by IBegToDiffer June 30, 2007
Get the chinese whisper effect mug.A psychological term. When a participant is in an experiment you may not get accurate results because they are aware of the experiment and in turn go out of their way to do everything wrong or go against everything u ask them to.
scientist 1 "this guy is doing everything wrong"
scientist 2 "ah a classic case of the screw you effect"
scientist 2 "ah a classic case of the screw you effect"
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