When somebody is forced into a cubby in a wood shop class. (It can be any class, but usually a wood shop has cubbies for storage space.) The person is locked in, and people block the door. The person either has to get a friend to escape, or he can break free. If he cannot escape, then he might be let out. Upon release, the captors sing "Wood Shop Cubby Baby" to the tune of Family Guy's "Prom Night Dumpster Baby".
Coined by Mara and Gus in 2022, the cubbyhole effect occurs when you talk about a highly specific topic and in less than 24 hours, the topic becomes relevant. The shorter amount of time between the first and second mentions makes it even more cubbyhole. As of April2022, the fastest cubbyhole effect occurred in less than 5 seconds.
Mom: you should really learn Spanish.
James: yeah, probably should. Line is crazy long here at the DMV.
DMV employee: DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW SPANISH?
James: damn, cubbyhole effect
To play so poorly or to lose in such an outrageous fashion that only the Chicago Cubs seem able to do.
Wow, my team just walked six straight batters then threw a wild pitch to blow a three run lead, then gave up a grand slam to lose. That is some real Cubbery!
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That team's Cubbery caused them to not score even though they had the bases loaded an no outs.