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The Harrison Ford Effect

A common phenomenon where a person's most famous artwork, video, movie role, or other creation/appearance in media is incidentally their least favorite, and the person in question inevitably grows to hate said work as it becomes the sole thing they are known for.

The term is named after actor Harrison Ford, who has famously expressed his distaste for the Star Wars franchise after decades of only ever being seen as "the guy who played Han Solo."
A: "John setting his YouTube video to 'private' is just another case of the Harrison Ford effect. He's ready to move on from it."
B: "But it had over a million views!"
A: "That doesn't mean he enjoys hearing about it all the time."
by TSwany August 10, 2022
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Ford

the name of a child with balls smaller than a grain of salt, usually misspells easy words, even he is older than you he will still be shorter than you.
You are such a Ford, how did you misspell yeah to yezh.
by skunkmonke May 8, 2022
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Ford

"FOUND ON ROAD DEAD" and quits when the going gets tough.

Every Ford only works when the going is easy.
by Realtinman November 2, 2022
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Bellman-Ford

The Bellman–Ford algorithm is an algorithm that computes shortest paths from a single source vertex to all of the other vertices in a weighted digraph. It is slower than Dijkstra's algorithm for the same problem, but more versatile, as it is capable of handling graphs in which some of the edge weights are negative numbers. The algorithm was first proposed by Alfonso Shimbel (1955), but is instead named after Richard Bellman and Lester Ford Jr., who published it in 1958 and 1956, respectively. Edward F. Moore also published a variation of the algorithm in 1959, and for this reason it is also sometimes called the Bellman–Ford–Moore algorithm.
Prof: Just use Dijkstra's!

Me: But there's negative edge weights! We have to use Bellman-Ford! Not pog!
by Bravech November 8, 2022
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Ford hippo

My parents bought me a ford hippo as a graduation gift
by Carrrlos November 9, 2022
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Ford st

Built like a Lego car, may also attract underage females.
My Ford st is perfect for a school show and tell
by Yackyspacky September 23, 2022
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