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white man's guilt 

The feeling that a white person may have when they think about slavery or simply the past mistreatment of any minority. It is the guilt felt for their "ancestor's" enslavement of African Americans or associated past mistreatment. Often it makes white people try and make up for things that have happened in the past.
I am voting Barack Obama simply because I have white man's guilt.

Recycler's Guilt 

The guilt associated with not being able to recycle the goods you use or buy.

You must consume recyclable goods without a means to recycle them OR consume un-recyclable goods in order to participate in an activity.
After the concert I suffered from Recycler's Guilt because everything I bought was served in plastic that was recyclable but there was no way to recycle them.

I took home my spoon from the ice cream parlor because my Recycler's Guilt does not allow me to simply use it once and throw it away.

valentine's guilt 

The act of laughing, mocking, or otherwise messing with people who are alone on valentine's day, only later to realize your trying to get over how lonely you are on valentine's day
Joe mocked John on Valentine's day for being alone, then karma slapped him with some valentine's guilt, thus making him sad when he realized he was also alone
valentine's guilt by Define at will February 12, 2015

Architect’s Guilt 

Very similar to Catholic Guilt in principle; but applied to emotionally driven architects who always feel the need to solve every problem, fall on every sword the project encounters, stay late at work and defer life and family events, and put work and worry first. The feeling of never working hard and king enough.
Honey, I have to stay late and work this weekend because I’m not sure the team is ready to release drawings for this project. You take the family on vacation to paradise and I’ll try and call you when I can. My architect’s guilt always ruins our family plans...

Gamer's guilt 

Gamer's guilt is the apologetic way that gamers talk about video games when they know other people are listening. They will shy away from in depth discussion or areas that sound nerdy and will change their tone in order to appear as if they are speaking about their beloved games in an ironic manner.

The root of gamer's guilt stems from the gamer's fear of being viewed in a sterotypical manner.
I keep trying to talk with John on the bus about call of duty but we can never talk properly because he gets really bad gamer's guilt.
Gamer's guilt by oconnest October 4, 2009

Felon's Guilt 

The type of guilt (remorse for misdeed) felt when capture/punishment is imminent. It's not that the misdeed itself is regretted due to realization that it was wrong, but only because the person is unwilling/unable to accept the consequences. Term comes from the colloquial and the legal system ("felon").
The thief was not sorry she stole; but was very, very sorry she was going to prison.
Felon's Guilt by The Ripper May 13, 2005