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A Chicago term used in the 80s. Refers to someone who is from Schamburg, IL or appears to be. A Scham guy would be described as someone who wears cut off jean shorts, has feathered hair parted in the middle drives a trans-am and keeps a comb in his back pocket. A Scham is more than likely to have some kind of pube-stache. A Scham girl is named Tammy with poofy bleached hair-spray hair, wears thick blue eye liner. A Scham is not necessarily from Schamburg it was basically just a term to describe white trash.
We were at Great America and saw the biggest Scham of all time. He was wearing a Def Leopard Cut-Off Shirt, jean shorts, and a jean vest. His girlfriend was carrying one of those giant stuffed animals of the Tazmanian Devil. He and his girlfriend had their hands in the each other's back pockets as they strolled and gazed at the giant Merry Go Round. We heard the girl Scham refer to the teh boy Scham as "Toby". He called her "Tammy".
Scham by BladeBlade July 27, 2010
scham just be chatting she’s goofy
Scham by surday March 28, 2024
portmanteau of scam and camera, a term used to describe traffic cameras, speed cameras, red light cameras. which are all about making money not safety
Since the red light scamera was installed they shortened the duration of the yellow light to boost revenue now there are a lot more accidents.
scamera by Just_sayin' July 4, 2021

double grat scam 

A restaurant server not informing their guest that a gratuity has already been posted to their check (as is policy in many establishments on tables of 6 or 8 or more guests), thereby the guest tips again not realizing it has been included, resulting in the waiter receiving, basically, a double gratuity.
Yeah, but that made his night. Ahhh, the double grat scam...
double grat scam by chance tripper January 25, 2011

nam scam 

To be ripped off by someone of Vietnamese (more specifically south) descent.
Alex? He's a nam scam, he sold me a brick after the phone was blacklisted.
nam scam by dn53 January 24, 2015

scamarama 

an ecxlamation for the word scam. simply a word to point out that a scam has just been performed, whether it be good or bad.
man-1: Dude, I totally nailed that girl last night.
man-2: Scamarama. Nicely done.

woman: That man just stole my purse.
innocent bystander (to himself): Scamarama.
scamarama by Sir B November 15, 2009