Westermarck effect

The Westermarck effect, or reverse sexual imprinting, is a hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to sexual attraction.

The professor says the Westermarck effect is why incest is taboo.

by Ravenalien October 8, 2015

calzone effect

When your buddie orders a calzone delivered to your house and then you order one within an hour causing the calzone effect to take place

I ordered a calzone because of the calzone effect

by Green420ray June 6, 2016

bockman effect

Getting everyone at a gathering to take a shot

The Bockman effect is in full effect tonight! Everyone is drunk!

by Meeeps3 February 17, 2017

Mendela Effect

Many of us — mostly total strangers — remember the exact same events with the exact same details. However, our memories are different from what’s in history books, newspaper archives, and so on.

This isn’t a conspiracy, and we’re not talking about “false memories.” Many of us speculate that parallel realities exist, and we’ve been “sliding” between them without realizing it.

OMG You remember that too that's probably just the mendela effect

by Tyler Carreno November 30, 2016

kyle effect

when everything just kinda sucks

The Kyle effect caused nothing to spawn in this warehouse

by macaronipizza July 29, 2017

Lorch Effect

The intoxicating sexual attraction felt towards an individual named Anthony Lorch. This attraction applies to heterosexual females and homosexual/bisexual males.

'Dude did you see that girl? She couldn't take her eyes off you?'
'Yeah, the Lorch effect at play again. It's autonomous'

by Lorchay September 4, 2018

Avaroe Effect

"Similar to the Streisand Effect but specific to YouTuber drama in where attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely by YouTubers." - Repzilla

Onision has triggered the Avaroe Effect.

by jkcl January 8, 2019