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Dessert shame
Ordering dessert at a restaurant with a group of friends/co-workers, only to recoil in horror as the others all politely decline. The shame reaches new heights once your order arrives and you have to eat it amongst the hawk-like gaze of everyone else at your table.
The dessert shame really kicked in as the rest of the office sat down to watch my brownie- eating performance.
Dessert shame by Mrmacho June 28, 2015
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Shamet • ShaMeta • shametra • Shametria • shamette • shameturbate • shame train • shame tarp • Shame Tornado • Shame Totem
Shame-splaining
Shaming or otherwise guilting another party for not sharing the same belief or value system as yourself in an attempt to alter their opinion. This can involve haphazard labeling, or insults of the cursory nature.
James engaged in shame-splaining by calling Pete narrow-minded for his beliefs on gun control, before expressing how gun control should work and how wrong Pete was.
Shame-splaining by ModernMichael May 26, 2020
Name Shame
To use someone's birth name as a pejorative term. The main example of this is the common birth name Karen which is now used as a synonym for racist/bitch. Since 2020, use of the name Karen has expanded and is now commonly used to insult any woman with whom one disagrees. Women and girls who are actually named Karen have been subject to verbal and physical harassment due to the trend of name shaming.
Here is an example of name shame using the name Karen: "I told that Karen to shut up or I'd hit her in the face again."
Name Shame by more tea less patriarchy June 23, 2021
shameful display
*bow ashigaru fighting warrior monks*
ashigaru: owp, we're fucked, time to leg it
general's assistant: our men are running from the battlefield! SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!
ashigaru: owp, we're fucked, time to leg it
general's assistant: our men are running from the battlefield! SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!
shameful display by robert jonson May 16, 2011
Shower of Shame
Examples:
Failed, yet valiant, attempt at trying to make it home before shitting yourself; Horrible break-up; Rick-Rolled; Watching 2Girls1Cup; Etcetera, etcetera
Usage:
John: " I didn't make it home last night...it was horrible man, I had shit everywhere."
Steve: "Looks like someone had to take the Shower of Shame!"
Failed, yet valiant, attempt at trying to make it home before shitting yourself; Horrible break-up; Rick-Rolled; Watching 2Girls1Cup; Etcetera, etcetera
Usage:
John: " I didn't make it home last night...it was horrible man, I had shit everywhere."
Steve: "Looks like someone had to take the Shower of Shame!"
Shower of Shame by booty bandits August 16, 2012
cone of shame
The plastic cone-shaped protective collar that a veterinarian puts on a dog or cat to prevent them from licking or pawing at an area of their body while it's healing from an injury or surgery. Also referred to as an Elizabethan collar (or e-collar), because of its similarity to the collars worn in Elizabethan dress.
Sherpa isn't enjoying being with the other dogs at the dog park today. You can tell he's embarrassed wearing the cone of shame that the vet put on him after his injury.
cone of shame by Casa de mil suenos August 13, 2017
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