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Chearleader Effect 

When a group of males or females looks hot, just from being in close proximity to each other. However, if you were to scrutinize each one individually you would see that they are either simply average looking or even repulsive. This is from the television show "How I met your mother" and is explained by Barney (Neil Patrick Harris)

AKA Bridesmaid Paradox, Spice Girls Conspiracy
Person 1: Dayum gurrl, check out that soccer team! Those boys are cute!

Person 2: Not really, if you were to look at each one individually you'd see that they are actually quite unattractive.

Person 1: OMG, you're actually SO right. Freaky shit!

Person 2: I know, it's called the Chearleader Effect, but is also known as the Bridesmaid Paradox or the Spice Girls Conspiracy.

cheerleader next door 

This is similar to the girl next door concept of routine feminine attractiveness only cuter and livelier!
Yes, Susan is a fine woman, she grew up as the cheerleader next door!

Cheerleaders syndrome

When a person publicly cheers for their friend, and gets salty because they don't get any credit.
Friends all want to be #1, then the cheerleaders syndrome puts them in the fan club.

The Cheerleader Effect 

The Cheerleader Effect is when a group of women seem hot, but only as a group. Just like with Cheerleaders they seem hot, but take each one of them individually - sled dogs
" I am not impressed with the talent in here tonight. " says Barney.
" Look, there's hot group of girls over there. " says Lily.
" That, my friend is the cheerleader effect, look at each of them individually. " says Barney.
" Woah, I see what you mean! " says Lily.
The Cheerleader Effect by Tom Movi January 1, 2010

Reverse Cheerleader Effect 

The opposite of the women's cheerleader effect (women look more attractive in groups, although unattractive individually) when applied to men. Men who may be attractive on their own will look like a complete douchebag when assembled. Each male's level of toolness is generally acceptable alone but is amplified when mixed with others.
Cody- Dude, Jake and his friends are tools.
Tim- Nah, that's just the reverse cheerleader effect.
Cody- No seriously, he's a tool.
Tim- You're right... it's just worse now.

blind cheerleader 

Someone you work with who countlessly sends "go team" and "attaboy" e-mails and memos to the entire staff, without having any real teams goals or really ever attaining anything positive for the company.
"Hey Michael, stop junkin' up my inbox with your blind cheerleader emails. We haven't hit a sales goal in four months, so there's nothing to pump anyone up about...".
blind cheerleader by WS3RD May 19, 2014
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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