1. A funny-looking temporary identification card that you are forced to wear when you forget to bring your regular photo ID to work. Immediately noticeable due to its tacky appearance (such as a huge yellow label that stands out like a sore thumb), the Badge of Shame immediately communicates to your peers and co-workers that you are disorganized, forgetful, absent-minded, unprepared and/or generally incompetent.
"Sorry I'm late for the meeting. I left my ID at home, and spent 15 minutes explaining to the moron at the front desk why I didn't have my ID before he finally relented and gave me the Badge of Shame."
Somebody who has not got the slightest idea nor interest in cars, yet buys the biggest engine size/most expensive trim line/most expensive model in the line just so everyone at the golf club knows that they are making a lot of money.
(Posh totty wooshes buy in her BMW M5)
Petrolhead1: Daaaamnnnn that's a sick ass car man.
Petreolhead2: I know I bet she doesn't even know how much heat that whip is packin, might as well have bought a regular BM.
Petrolhead1: Yeah she's a badge snob alright.