Byproxy 

Someone whom people consider funny because of material regularly stolen from TV shows or books. Most byproxies will have a favourite source that they will constantly reference.

Byproxy: "Us peeps are pretty tight here on the Westside."
Guy: Yeah, dude you're so funny.
Byproxy: "Respect my authorit-ii!"

Byproxy by Jackelrayn November 1, 2006

Hanae-fun-by-proxy 

Finding a mistake after spending a lot of time figuring out the issue and being in the position such that someone else has to fix it.

Person A: I'm glad we figured out the issue!
Person B: Happy to help, I am having a lot of hanae-fun-by-proxy since you are the one who needs to fix it!

Hanae-fun-by-proxy by John196 July 6, 2023

celebrity by proxy 

Close relative to the professional celebrity you are famous because you are related(not quite) to someone famous.

The future(?) son-in-law of the former presidential candidate has become famous as a celebrity by proxy.

celebrity by proxy by Stephan Smolka November 25, 2009

pig by proxy 

A narcissistic individual who thinks they should have the same respect and authority as a police officer because they have a friend or relative who is a cop.

That mouthy idiot Brian thinks just because his brother is the po-po that he also has authority. Typical pig by proxy.

pig by proxy by 23rd Chromosome October 27, 2015

Validation by proxy 

To feel better about oneself by viewing oneself not as an individual but as part of a larger group. In this state, one need not accomplish anything oneself but can take great pride in the accomplishments of others as though they are personal accomplishments because the group is viewed a personal extension.

'Yea we won!"

"No the Steelers won. You just watched the game on TV."

"Same thing."

"No It's not, it's your validation by proxy."

Validation by proxy by Cirdellin January 17, 2010

abuse by proxy 

If all else fails, the abuser recruits friends, colleagues, mates, family members, the authorities, institutions, neighbours, the media, teachers – in short, third parties – to do his bidding. He uses them to cajole, coerce, threaten, stalk, offer, retreat, tempt, convince, harass, communicate and otherwise manipulate his target. He controls these unaware instruments exactly as he plans to control his ultimate prey. He employs the same mechanisms and devices. And he dumps his props unceremoniously when the job is done.

One form of control by proxy is to engineer situations in which abuse is inflicted upon another person. Such carefully crafted scenarios of embarrassment and humiliation provoke social sanctions (condemnation, opprobrium, or even physical punishment) against the victim. Society, or a social group become the instruments of the abuser.

- He keeps sending his friends over to ask for stuff he left behind after he had moved out!

- Abuse by proxy, if you ask me!

abuse by proxy by zadanliran October 25, 2011

Trannyhausen-by-Proxy

"Trannyhausen-by-Proxy," a play on Munchausen-by-Proxy, is the term for a parent (or parents) who has gender-confusion issues of their own or an emotional agenda of their own, and works those issues/agenda out on the body of a child by involving the child in trans activities to the child's detriment; disclaiming their own emotional involvement, but maintaining falsely that "The interest in being trans is coming from the child." The commonest pattern is a mother obtaining narcissistic gratification by parading her son around in a dress, while the father stands by helplessly as his son is rail-roaded into a permanent trans identity. The term arose in late 2020 as a response to the narratives presented in HBO's Transhood and the Save James case in Texas.

From the SaveJames FB page, 12/14/2020
If I had a nickel for every time someone said “they” don’t castrate or mutilate minors, I’d have enough money to save all the children in the world. “They” do indeed harm children — ask Anne’s own expert witnesses!
It’s an unfortunate trend, mostly foisted upon young children by mothers. It’s so common as a matter of fact, there’s a term for parents who reject their child in favor of bringing attention to themself: Transhausen, or Trannyhausen, Syndrome by Proxy. (A play on Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy). Trannyhausen-by-Proxy, for short.

Trannyhausen-by-Proxy by Didaskalos December 15, 2020