iphone effect

shortly after one person in the group brings out their iphone, the rest follow suit, ultimately ending all conversation and eye contact.

"Hey, what do you want to order for drinks?" "Not sure, let's see what Imbibe Magazine has for their best beer this month." First iphone comes out of the pocket--enter safari search. Next iphone comes out--enter Facebook post. Third iphone makes an entrance -- the iphone effect has arrived.

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Garmlich Effect

The law of physics that states that if
one girl screams for something, it will
make other girls scream, and then it
grows exponentially until all girls
within a five mile radius are screaming.

No girl really likes *NSYNC, but because of the Garmlich Effect, they all freak out when ever they're on the radio.

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Hinkley Effect

The lingering, long-term damage caused to an area by chemical contamination at the hands of a major corporation.

Made famous by the movie "Erin Brockovich", the town of Hinkley, California suffered large scale contamination of its drinking water with hexavalent chromium, a lethal chemical known to cause cancer and damage the respiratory system, kidneys, liver, skin and eyes. In 1996 the residents of Hinkley were awarded the largest settlement payout in history from PG&E, but many left the area afterwards, fearing continued deception at the hands of the company. It's now largely a ghost town - that's the Hinkley Effect.

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Goggins’ effect

The retired Navy SEAL, ultra marathon, public speaker and author David Goggins’ effect to empower people. The effect causes people to push themselves to the extreme and to break physical barriers and challenges. Often used with quotes from him such as, “They don’t know me son” and “Who’s going to carry the boats”

“I heard Dave started running”
“Yea, he just ran his first ultramarathon last week.”
“Must be the Goggins’ effect”

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Merkel Effect

Describes a double-standard, where elected officials do not care about civil rights violations concerning ordinary citizens, but scandalize similar violations when they happen to them.

Coined by Edward Snowden.

"It's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them."

Edward Snowden in an interview with NBC news.

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Maftan Effect

You and your friends are talking about pizza, and someone else walks in the room who couldn't hear your conversation, and says "Damn, I want some pizza."

When someone else mentions something from a past conversation, without having been a part of it, or overhearing it.

"YO! WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT! That's the Maftan Effect."

Chameleon Effect

Is a person who will embody or conform his/her attire, attitude, style, to a group, so they can fit in at that particular moment.

Chameleon Effect, stereotype, personal image, fitting in, disguise