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closing time effect

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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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