When someone's actions other than your own embarrasses you. Also a common feeling when reading or watching something embarrassing like a show or book.
1. Person 1: Did you see that girl trip today? It was so embarrassing, she dropped everything in her hands.
Person 2: Yeah, I know I couldn't handle watching her scramble around, trying to pick it up. The secondhand embarrassment was real.
2. The Character in the book was so embarrassing , that I couldn't continue reading it, cause I got secondhand embarrassment too much.
Person 2: Yeah, I know I couldn't handle watching her scramble around, trying to pick it up. The secondhand embarrassment was real.
2. The Character in the book was so embarrassing , that I couldn't continue reading it, cause I got secondhand embarrassment too much.
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whenever you kiss your boyfriend/girlfriend after they just put on chapstick and you get their chapstick on your lips thus moisturizing your lips for the rest of the day.
My boyfriend was wearing so much chapstick that when I kissed him, I got secondhand chapstick. My lips were moisturized the rest of the day.
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In 2004, a democratic friend of mine told me she was voting for George W. Bush because John Kerry lied about his service and should have had a dishonorable release. I asked her if she had started listening to Rush Limbaugh and she was insulted that I would even ask the question.
She was suffering from Secondhand Propaganda and was completely unaware.
She was suffering from Secondhand Propaganda and was completely unaware.
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1. Being hit by a snowball meant for another
2. Being hit by parts of a snowball that hit another
1. Being hit by a snowball meant for another
2. Being hit by parts of a snowball that hit another
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