The realization of a husband understanding or experiencing his wife's pain during pregnancy and/or labor, and acquiring a sudden appreciation or respect for her.
A: I went through the pregnancy simulator with my wife yesterday, and I don't know how she does it.
B: Dude, you were a victim of the maternity effect!
One's sudden need to self-destruct after an authoritarian figure acts/says things that are plain ignorant, stupid or infuriating.
Gerald: Dude, what's up? Why do you look so sad?
Geraldine: She's back at it again. I'm just feeling the full effects of The Jovic Effect now :(
Widely understood to be the reason behind a sudden change in a person's way of speech, the Toby Tubballs effect is caused by speaking to Toby Tubballs (commonly known as oxygen) and adapting one's own way of speech to match that of Toby Tubballs' habits.
The Toby Tubballs effect is saur messed up, Pookerton—oh no, now I've been infected!
Every single time Kate Middleton wears something, whether it be a two dollar earring or a 30 dollar coat, it immediately sells out due to the fact that she looks fabulous in everything she wears.
The gold dress Kate Middleton wore to the James Bond premiere had the Kate Effect and sold out within a few hours.
When a person is held responsible for something by their boss that logic and/or the facts suggest is due to a number of other circumstances. While it can be argued very narrowly that the employee could have behaved differently, it is the case that there are too many aforementioned factual or logical inconsistencies to cause the ire of the boss upon the employee. An important element is that this judgement and subsequent criticism is after a considerable amount of time where the employee has offered loyalty in the face of difficult positions taken by or assignments given by one's boss.
The vice president suffered from the Pence Effect when he was blamed by his boss for not single handedly overturning the election.
That guy toiled loyally for years attempting to implement his bosses ideas even though they were I'll advised. When they didn't work out he was blamed. Sure, maybe someone else could have done it, but to draw the conclusion that it's his fault is a stretch at best. He suffered from the Pence Effect.
The Will Smith Effect is when you over react to something minor and that minor thing blows up into something bigger.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock onstage of the Oscars 2022 for a joke about Jada’s alopecia, started a new phenomenon known as the Will Smith Effect.
A phenomenon where there is an increase of a specific incident seemingly after a public figure goes viral for it.
"There seems to be a lot of attacks on comedians during their shows now-a-days, Dave Chappelle was just rushed on stage!"
"Talk about a Will Smith effect."