shame saver

a boring story or trivial remark to prevent an embarrassing silence

remember: the most boring shit gets exciting when it is a shame saver

"Everybody was about to go embarrassingly quiet but Tom shamesaved us with a story about him waiting for 2 hours at the doctor."

"I misapplied a shame saver last night. It turned out people just smoked too much pot."

by Gustaphe August 24, 2012

trauma shaming

When someone who has been affected mentally or psychologically by a trauma, or even a bad upbringing, is criticized for the behavior they display as a result of the trauma, with those criticizing seemingly forgetting, or not knowing the reason behind this behavior. Some may continue to criticize the person with the trauma even when explained the reason, claiming that the trauma doesn't "justify" their behavior. In the case of fictional characters, expect one to call a trauma-stricken character "annoying" for lashing out.

Commenter: "Ugh, just watching Degrassi Junior High right now and Spike is so rude towards Shane! Like why is she like that towards that poor boy?"
Another commenter: "Dude, she literally has an absent father and she got pregnant at 14. Stop trauma shaming.".

by Spike from Degrassi November 8, 2021

Honk of shame

A short, friendly double-honk one safe driver gives another driver seen texting while driving.

If I ever see someone texting while driving, I give them the honk of shame to encourage them to focus on the road before they cause an accident.

by Stokedville May 26, 2016

Shame Campaign

Using the internet and media (even word-of-mouth) to expose hypocrisy in everyday situations to subversively benefit your own agenda (whether personal or organizational).

The Local Newspaper didn't cover the local music event... so, we used a Shame Campaign via tweets and emails to the larger media saying, "our town and its newspaper don't support the arts." The next week, we had a full page spread.

by TRWARD321 December 2, 2015

Shame-Rays

The look someone gives you when you to silently inform you of the uncoolness you may accidentally be radiating. They are do so by raining their shame rays down upon you. Shame Rays are usually a silent expression on the face of an onlookers witnessing your public gaucherie, but may be accompanied by a 'wait- what?' and raised eyebrows.

'On Friday when I was drunk, I tried to explain to a bunch of my co-workers what 'Neat Pet Group' is on Facebook and how it fills my newsfeed with pics of cool dogs... and how this video popped up where this dog didn't know how to respond to the command 'get down', so it did all the tricks it knew...and well, then they gave it a treat anyway because that was cute, you know?' Everyone was silent during the build-up to and post- this rather considerable anti-climax. I felt their shame-rays raining down on me as I plowed on through the increasingly staggered and awkward story to the inevitable and disappointing conclusion. So that was my evening.

by Amedawgnarlymoves August 15, 2018

privilege shame

Shaming or dismissing someone for aspects of their existence they had no control over (parents, genetics, place of birth etc) which people consider to be "privilege" today.

Becky : Tom, you can't have an opinion on abortion because you're a dude. #maleprivilage
Jesse : Becky, you can't just privilege shame Tom. He's a gynecologist for crying out loud.

by iliketits69 June 15, 2021

Percent Shaming

When someone else has less percentage then you and makes them feel bad because you are using the charger

Kobe was percent shaming me because I had 25% and he only had 6% and I was using the charger

by Hardy one June 19, 2016