(adj.) The feeling of
personal embarassment for someone else's emabarassing action.
(v.) Causing someone else embarassment by your action
(origin) On the 80's sitcom "
Silver Spoons",
Ricky Schroeder would spin around in a Michael Jackson-esque way and proclaim himself: "The Rickster!". I was so embarrassed FOR him that I blushed and had to look away.