Someone who gets their ideas, opinions and values exclusively form society and from others as opposed to getting: an idea from within oneself; a value from a personal rational process; an opinion from an experience.
by wclay1 July 01, 2011
After about 4 hours, my right hand was cramping pretty bad, so I had to pull a secondhander. Worked like a charm.
by i am master b8s August 21, 2011
When someone wants to die but won't commit Suicide
You won't do it to yourself but Almost hoping something else will do it for you.
I.E: A Deadly disease, car crash, something that is outside of your control, ECT.
You won't do it to yourself but Almost hoping something else will do it for you.
I.E: A Deadly disease, car crash, something that is outside of your control, ECT.
by Your local tsundere May 04, 2021
The personal embarrassment that one feels on account of and for another (i.e. a friend, a family member or a complete stranger) who is making a fool of him or herself. A person experiencing secondhand embarrassment feels as if they are doing the embarrassing action themselves, effectively putting themselves in the other person's shoes.
Guy 1: Man, Sarah's presentation today was terrible. She forgot half of it and stumbled through the rest.
Guy 2: Oh I know. I had so much secondhand embarrassment for her. It was like watching a train wreck.
Guy 2: Oh I know. I had so much secondhand embarrassment for her. It was like watching a train wreck.
by Casey L. January 07, 2009
Someone who wants to die, but won't commit suicide.
Often because they don't actually want to die, they're too scared to or because of family, friends or pets.
Often because they don't actually want to die, they're too scared to or because of family, friends or pets.
"I want to die, but i cant commit suicide because i'm too scared" she said
"That's called *secondhand suicide* and you're not alone in feeling this way" he answered
"That's called *secondhand suicide* and you're not alone in feeling this way" he answered
by secretlynumb June 04, 2021
I've never seen any episode of Breaking Bad, but through secondhand watching, I know Walter White, Gus and Gale die.
by Gideon Temple May 23, 2016
I learned all about what it means to be an adult while secondhand listening to drunk people at our backyard pool parties outside my bedroom window on school nights.
by Dr Bunnygirl June 26, 2019