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Past Shaming

Bringing up someones past mistakes from years ago when they have made an effort to change their ways.
Gary: I heard Pete became a qualified teacher.

Phill: Seriously!? Didn't he used to steal from shops when he was younger and got arrested a few times?

Pete: Oi knock it off with your past shaming! Those happened years ago and now I have changed my ways!
by Ron-Magnifico January 24, 2018
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Shame Phishing

The duplicitous posting of images and information intended not to honestly share but to troll for negative commenters in order to attack them.
She deliberately went shame phishing online by posting less than flattering pics of herself and waiting until the inevitable negative comments trickled in, and then boy did she really launch into attacking them back!
by ka the wordsmythe June 3, 2016
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PC shaming

An act in which one intimidates, harasses, or otherwise coerces another into changing his or her personal opinions because they are not politically correct enough.
The Yale students demanding Christaski's apology are engaging in PC shaming.
by toddthewraith January 17, 2016
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Wack of Shame

The act of masturbating alone after being rejected by a girl, meant to prevent the very painful sensation of blue balls
Heather shut me down before I could even whip it out, guess its time for the wack of shame.
by exaey2626 September 1, 2013
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Shame Shuffle

The rapid cover-up that ensues when a couple engaging in sexual acts is about to be happened upon by an outsider. The cover-up is erratic and poorly executed by the shamed couple, resulting in an awkward shuffle.
I went to call my brother and his girlfriend for dinner and I could hear them doing the shame shuffle as I knocked on the door.
by Tengodonde July 13, 2011
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National Shame

A kind of en-masse guilt trip spread by newspapers and other media. Has its roots in archaic beliefs/notions of deference and paternalism that go a long way to fortifying nationalist sentiments and spreading xenaphobia. You only feel national shame if you swallow that sort of bullshit.
National Shame: Britain courts homosexual Romanian
gypsies in Eu talks.
by Edwin Johns January 27, 2009
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Trigger-Shaming

Trigger-shaming (verb):

1. An act of deliberate humiliation or degradation inflicted on a triggered person (or non-person) after their attempt to create a safe space through positive expression.

2. A tactic of embarrassment by those who disagree with one's right to be triggered. Most often used by individuals who are themselves triggered, but hide behind bullying to belong to the heteronormo-nativty scene and submit to societal pressures.
ex. "Lol, I'm so fucking triggered! /s. Faggot."

"Stop trigger-shaming me! Cis -Scumpig."
by sotriggered August 4, 2015
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