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The Siren Effect

When you hear a person sing, and their voice is so beautiful that they suddenly become extremely attractive, even if you didn't think so before. This is applicable to women or men with sexy voices, even though sirens are technically female.

This phenomenon is named after the lusty, half-bird, half-woman sirens of Homer's "The Odyssey." They beguile sailors with their seductive serenading, only to bring the poor individuals to their deaths. The siren effect uses singing to deceive (albeit unintentionally), having the potential to give average-looking persons a façade of sexiness, "luring" others in.

For instance, this is the reason (or one of the reasons) the Phantom in all musical productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" always manages to be sexy.
Broadway Fan 1: "Oh, my God, Ramin Karimloo is so sexy, even when he's playing a deformed man!"
Broadway Fan 2: "I completely agree, and the siren effect just adds to it. That voice is so seductive!"

Person 1: "Man, Sarah Brightman is so beautiful!"
Person 2: "I don't know, man. I think it's the siren effect."
Person 1: "Well, maybe it's both."

Student 1: "You know, I never found Matt that attractive before, but then I heard him sing. I think I'm in love!"
Student 2: "I know, right? It's a perfect example of the siren effect."
by AnIrishGirl December 12, 2013
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Sound effects

A nickname fore someone that make random noises and the most inappropriate times.
Dude, Isabelle scream so much, she's such a sound effects.
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Garmlich Effect

The law of physics stating that, if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream, and then it grows exponentiously until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming.
Girls don't really like One Direction, but they go crazy when it plays on the radio due to the Garmlich effect.
by Hnery Derpington III February 21, 2017
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The Keemstar Effect

The Keemstar Effect is the effect when 1 or more people spread an exaggerated rumor causing their live/private live to be ruined.
"Dude The Keemstar Effect just happened to dave i feel bad for him"
by blind lemon jefferson June 20, 2016
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The Hazbin effect

When a whole fandom is created with only ONE episode/pilot
Person1: Have you seen insert show here yet.
Person2: Yes, but I still can’t believe that a whole fandom was created from ONE episode.
Person1: Welp, that’s “The Hazbin effect”
by Controversystartrer December 9, 2020
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Fateme's Effect

It's an effect caused by Fateme on others. The moment you reach a certain point of having interaction with her, it gets applied on you.
Sam: dude wtf?
Navid: God damn it man, it's fateme's effect
by notTheNavid October 30, 2021
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Will Riker Effect

It's the unsettling feeling given to others by a man who has removed his facial hair and who, as a consequence, looks strange and unfamiliar. It is often intensified by any one, or more, of these: a weak chin, thin lips, or a strongly cleft chin.
When I shaved my beard off, my girlfriend stopped putting out. She blamed it on work stress, but I think it was the Will Riker Effect.
by chinmusic78 December 9, 2012
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