The tilde effect is a term coined by Samuel Booton, which states that once you discover something and what it does, it will be more featured within your life. Example, if you discover an obscure song on Youtube but the next day you hear it on the radio. The tilde effect is named what it is, due to Samuel not previously not knowing the name of a tilde (~). But soon after his friend told him what it was called, he heard people no longer call it a squiggly, but a tilde.
Guy: *hears song
Guy: huh, this is catchy!
*five years later*
Guy: *finds song
Guy: Oh! That's what it's called!
*song becomes a hit*
Guy: Weird, I guess that's the tilde effect.
Guy: huh, this is catchy!
*five years later*
Guy: *finds song
Guy: Oh! That's what it's called!
*song becomes a hit*
Guy: Weird, I guess that's the tilde effect.
by TheArchivist May 5, 2021
Get the Tilde Effect mug.after drinking a bottle of Rip Tide (tastes like carbonated Propel), when you become seriously hyper and crazy. Happens in three stages:
pre-effect: when you first start drinking the Rip Tide, and you get this weird giddy feeling.
effect: not long after you finish the bottle,all the sudden you get really hyper. This stage includes inappropiate jokes, lots of giggling, random bursts of dancing, and other assorted silliness. May last anywhere between 10 minutes and two hours.
post-effect: depending on you, this could be one of two things. either, you just go back to normal, or you expeirence total system shut-down. During total-system shut-down, you'll feel groggy and have trouble concentrating on anything in particular. WARNING!!! It is possible to fall asleep during this stage!
Often happens to middle school students during their lunch period.
pre-effect: when you first start drinking the Rip Tide, and you get this weird giddy feeling.
effect: not long after you finish the bottle,all the sudden you get really hyper. This stage includes inappropiate jokes, lots of giggling, random bursts of dancing, and other assorted silliness. May last anywhere between 10 minutes and two hours.
post-effect: depending on you, this could be one of two things. either, you just go back to normal, or you expeirence total system shut-down. During total-system shut-down, you'll feel groggy and have trouble concentrating on anything in particular. WARNING!!! It is possible to fall asleep during this stage!
Often happens to middle school students during their lunch period.
by Bring_back_Rip_Tide! January 29, 2008
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When one says or commits something inappropriate or raucous, they often find a Tiede within their immediate vicinity. A Tiede is a teacher who has the unfortunate tendency of always being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Person 1: If you don’t shut up I’m going to grab your ballsack and give you testicular torsion.
Person 2: Oh shit, shut up! There’s a Tiede!
Person 1: I swear to you it’s the Tiede effect!
Person 2: Oh shit, shut up! There’s a Tiede!
Person 1: I swear to you it’s the Tiede effect!
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