the effect of being annoyed, pestered or just plain pissed off by someone who constantly brings up high school stories or talks about their high school friends. rooted in college dorms where one person clings on to their old life instead of meeting new people.
You wanna go out to a party with the girls in 421 tonight?
No way man, they got the Alyssa effect goin on in there, Mary just won't shut up about her friends at home.
No way man, they got the Alyssa effect goin on in there, Mary just won't shut up about her friends at home.
by they call me tater salad... October 22, 2010

by imreallyannoyedwiththis December 17, 2010

by m0mmymymymy January 29, 2022

The Alyssa Effect is a cycle where the partner in question end their relationships saying they aren't happy and the "significant" other needs to activate conversation, they do this with multiple partners to where it's a cycle, hence the the Alyssa Effect
by Issac_Newton22 October 17, 2023
