n. The wave of
celebrity that occurs when a public figure is caught doing
something shameful. Shfame is often exploited to make
money. Alternately, fshame (rare).
After being indicted for
fraud, Rod Blagojevich parlayed his shfame into a career in commercials.
The public's tolerance for shfame has its limits, as
OJ found out when he attempted to publish a
book on how he "might have" done it.