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Occurs when a girl thinks she has found a man that will make all her dreams come true. It doesn't matter about reality--because she views him as her 'beau'--she becomes oblivious to his shortcomings and is totally enamored with the smallest of things. Even a one-word text message becomes loaded with meaning for her.
(Girl looks at her phone and smiles, all dreamy-eyed)
Roommate: what's up? You look tooooo happy...
Girl: oh nothing, I just got the sweetest text from Cedric!
Roommate: (cynically) Really! What pearl of wonderfulness did he say, if you don't mind my asking..
Girl: (with stars in her eyes) he said "Sup!"
Roommate: (muttering quietly) It's the friggin' placebeau effect at work again...
A tendency of poor attempts at satire to backfire, inadvertently creating characters or symbols which people, often including the targets of the satirical work, find genuinely relatable or admirable.
You know, Ron Swanson is actually pretty based. Guess that's the Verhoeven effect for you.
The sudden unnoticed advancement of time when hanging out with a particular individual.
Wow, it’s 3 am already?! The damn Mulch Effect gets me every time I hang out with you!
The effect that causes people to become toxic and gay
“Oh she is so toxic”
“Yeah she probably just got the KC effect”
When your buddie orders a calzone delivered to your house and then you order one within an hour causing the calzone effect to take place
I ordered a calzone because of the calzone effect
The DDR Effect adj.: a member of the male gender doing something thought to be totally 'uncool' in absolutely no attempt to get female attention, but yet attracting the eyes of every female in the room. Doing something your 'mates' would laugh and mock you for, but the female gender find quite 'adorable' or 'sweet' and therefore think of you as a sensitive guy and potential suitor.
those kids that are like massively awesome at ddr are the main inspiration for the ddr effect or guys that take their little siblings to a movie to get them out of their parent's hair for a while potray aspects of the ddr effect LOL. guys should totally try this. it's a total chick magnet :P
The phenomenon of a particular champion on the other team getting extremely fed and carrying their team, then having the same champion in your next game be a feeder for your team.
dat xerath went 21/0/616 cuz my tem did knotz buy MR but den i queued wit john then we went 1/23/1, i just got john effected