closing time effect

English

Etymology

Originates from the song Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time by Mickey Gilley in 1975.

Noun

closing time effect (usually uncountable, plural closing time effects)

  1. (psychology) The phenomenon whereby people's perception of other people's attractiveness increases towards the end of the night.

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