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lab shamed 

When a student asks a question found in a hands-on lab guide and the instructor references the page and number that holds the answer, that student has been lab shamed!
Q: What's the password for the virtual machine?
A: On page 4, #1 of your lab guide, you'll find the password

You've just been lab shamed!
lab shamed by dogeared February 27, 2019

Manchin-shamed 

When you shame someone for not supporting a progressive policy Joe Manchin supports
"I Manchin-shamed Mark for not supporting the PRO Act."

Table shamed 

When visiting a trendy restaurant and the server clearly doesn't think you are worthy of seating together with trendy crowd and seats you far far away.
I was at NOBU last week and we got table shamed. I didn't even know they had a back room.
Table shamed by gufpirat November 11, 2021

Dessert shame 

Ordering dessert at a restaurant with a group of friends/co-workers, only to recoil in horror as the others all politely decline. The shame reaches new heights once your order arrives and you have to eat it amongst the hawk-like gaze of everyone else at your table.
The dessert shame really kicked in as the rest of the office sat down to watch my brownie- eating performance.
Dessert shame by Mrmacho June 28, 2015

Shame-splaining 

Shaming or otherwise guilting another party for not sharing the same belief or value system as yourself in an attempt to alter their opinion. This can involve haphazard labeling, or insults of the cursory nature.
James engaged in shame-splaining by calling Pete narrow-minded for his beliefs on gun control, before expressing how gun control should work and how wrong Pete was.

Name Shame 

To use someone's birth name as a pejorative term. The main example of this is the common birth name Karen which is now used as a synonym for racist/bitch. Since 2020, use of the name Karen has expanded and is now commonly used to insult any woman with whom one disagrees. Women and girls who are actually named Karen have been subject to verbal and physical harassment due to the trend of name shaming.
Here is an example of name shame using the name Karen: "I told that Karen to shut up or I'd hit her in the face again."