n. A combination of the words "embarrassment" and "empathy", it is the uncomfortable sensation associated with imagining, understanding, and feeling another person's embarrassment. It was coined by Juanpablo Contreras of San Luis, Sonora in the 1990s.
It is almostimpossible for me to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm or The Office because it triggers my embathy.
Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"