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Walmart effect

When retailers remove extras from their products to make them more price-competitive with Wal-Mart.
Polo shirts sold by J.C. Penney without the customary breast pocket demonstrates the Walmart effect.
by Lane D. April 29, 2008
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island effect

Condition where the inhabitants of an island consider the island their universe. Anything outside the island is foreign, alien, indistinguishable.
Vera suffered from an acute case of the island effect. She never left the island and thought they were insulated to plagues and economic depressions.
by islandeffect December 7, 2009
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The Jackson Effect

When Michael Jackson Died the major search engines like google slowed up to 50% due to internet traffic. the jackson effect is when any large news story hits and cause the web to clog.
the jackson effect made yahoo so slow the other day i had to use a dictionary
by frostyletitia July 4, 2009
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The beiber effect

When a 12-25 year old famos band boy starts getting millions of usually 12-16 girl die hard fans
the only possible good thing about this is getting their girlfriend concert tikets so they might bang them
every girl wants him
every boy dispises him
all competing rappers want him shot
girl1: OMG JUSTIN BIEBER!!!
girl2: AHHHH BEIBER I WANT YOU I LOVE YOU!!!!!

guy1: the hell is thier problem?
guy2: the beiber effect
guy1: damn it

rapper: he needs to get shot
by anonymous595872986526 April 24, 2010
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Kirdoppler Effect

When a simple or unimportant task becomes complicated due to engineering reasons. Generally, the person performing the simple task is overcome by the idea that the task is their life's work or that it must be done with unsurpassed accuracy. Because of this, a task that should take one day to complete takes over a year to finish. This can also apply to projects that should take a fairly long time, but end up taking eons.
Jim: That engine stand project is sure going slowly.
Burt: Yeah, it must be the Kirdoppler Effect.

Joe: Hey Stan, can you recite the shortest poem you know?
Stan: Recites poem that lasts five minutes and is anti-climactic.
Joe: Wow, I think you were hit by the Kirdoppler Effect.
by Jimbo99 November 28, 2009
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Shmegma Effect

When an absolutely repulsive person just acts normally and makes EVERYTHING bad. No matter what, if a Shmegma ( a person who exhibits the shmegma effect) is involved, the situation automatically gets worse.
One kid was shooting a basketball when a person exhibiting the shmegma effect, like a dick, blocked the first kid's shot. While this may seem harmless, because of the shmegma effect the ball was blocked into his face.
by queen202mell March 10, 2017
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The Rubin Effect

When a person has the effortless ability to get/pull/attract/reel in girls. It can be used to many peoples advantage. A male who has the Rubin Effect can just stand still and girls will flock to him. He is also often compared to look like a certain celebrity, adding to the effect.
Dude 1: Dude, tonight i'm looking to score with some hot girls, what do you suggest?

Dude 2: Well I have the Rubin Effect so you can throw me out like a fishing rod and then reel me in and this will in turn bring you some girls.

Dude 1: Sweeeet.
by LonglyMcShortly June 28, 2011
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