When you are watching somebody that you are proud of or can relate to achieve a goal that they have been have been working towards and feel the same sense of relief or accomplishment.
Man 1: look at Jimmy over there finally relaxing after his weight lifter finally benched 500 pounds and won the strongman competition!
Man 2: looks like he’s got some achievement by proxy!
Man 2: looks like he’s got some achievement by proxy!
by FertTheTurt February 19, 2024

When a PdM tech in the plant purposely misdiagnoses machine failures in the plant to garner attention and advancement within the company thus justifying their position as well as overtime. The downside is capital being wasted as well as extra unneeded work for the other maintenance employees who could be assigned to more value added work orders.
Denver diagnosed that the #1 I.D. Fan had a inner race defect. Management decided to shut the plant down and change the whole fan out. After losing six hours of planned production downtime the new fan had more vibration than the original. Another Chunkhausen Syndrome by Proxy moment!
by Wbr549 May 8, 2019

When you're not a hoe yourself, i.e you do not sell sex or sexual images of yourself, but someone else acquires your photos and sells them on your behalf.
Man, someone got a hold of those nudes I posted a while back and made an onlyfans with them! Guess that makes me a hoe by proxy.
by Jvk1166z February 6, 2024
