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When you are having a good day, but then you talk to that one guy and are immediately into a bad mood.
"Why are you so down Jim?"
"Oh, I was happy but then I met Robert and I became super pissed"
"Ah, The James effect"
by yesikno November 07, 2019
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A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of "going off the deep end". Can have varying degrees of severity.

Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.
"My boyfriend has a total case of brain worms. He told me the cat was bugged so the Feds could listen in on us having sex..."

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"You totally stumbled over that entire sentence. Can't speak English all of a sudden? What, do you have brain worms?"
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When you are having a good day, talk to one person and are immediately put into a bad mood
"Why are you so down Jim?"
"I was happy, but then I talked to Robert"
"Ahh, the James effect"
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The James Effect happens when an unspecified James breaks up with a girl causing seamlessly random events to occur generally causing a part of the victims personality to exaggerate
Person 1: Damn did you break up with your girlfriend

James: yes

Person 1: I mean she was bad enough already God knows what The James Effect will do to her
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When a James breaks up with a girl it can cause part of that girls deep personality to be exaggerated and can seem to effect anybody randomly
"hey did you hear, James broke up with his girlfriend"

"she was bad enough as she was, who knows what the James effect will do to her"
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