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Jenga Effect 

Inertia or fear of taking any action to change the status quo because there's too much at risk, and not enough discomfort to execute an action.
A lot of people didn't vote because the jenga effect became too overwhelming to deal with.
Jenga Effect by alexetism January 12, 2011

The Jenny Effect 

When an unintelligent, unskilled individual overestimates their competency and thinks they are smarter, and can perform better, than they actually can. The opposite of the Tim Effect
It seems like all of Ohio suffers from the Jenny Effect- they all think they are smart and can compete with the West Coast, despite their woefully low IQ.
The Jenny Effect by GodAlmightyAKAMML September 14, 2010

Jenny Effect 

It causes you to become aware/more aware of how discombobulated the US voting system is. However, unlike most others, the Jenny Effect *also* leaves you with some hope, because it includes, if not a complete fix, then a significant step forward to fixing it.
Man, the Jenny Effect is going to play hell with ES+S's ability to illegally determine who wins future elections!
Jenny Effect by A New Hope February 8, 2019

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026