Vicario

(noun)

An Italian last name derived from the word vicar, meaning "Roman Catholic Church. an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop," according to dictionary.com.

Also common as a Spanish last name.

see: Awesome. Italian.

That Vicario is just way awesome.

Vicario by jvicario22 July 1, 2009

vicarious embarrassment 

The very uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while you watch someone else embarrassing themselves. This feeling is often intensified when the person embarrassing themself is not aware of how embarrassing their behavior is. In this case it is more like you are feeling the embarrassment on their behalf.

George: OMG, dude...this talent show is killing me. The fat girl dancing to 'Ice, Ice, Baby'...
Dude: I know man, I know...all the wrong things are jiggling--
George: --And her dancing! Everyone is laughing and she just keeps going. It's like a trainwreck right now. I don't even want to watch!
Dude: Total vicarious embarrassment right now, man.
George: Ugh. Let me know when it's over.

vicarious embarrassment by cuntwurst November 17, 2011

vicarious

1. To experience something through watching another's activities.

2. A great song by Tool, where in it the lead singer Maynard says that he is Vicarious because by watching people die, he himself can feel death.

1. I watched people sky-diving and felt a vicarious rush of excitment.

2. When I went to a Tool concert they played Vicarious.

vicarious by Godsmack Kid September 4, 2008

Vicuriously 

To hesitate with curiosity about someone you seek to live vicariously through.

Roberta liked to watch Snookie from Jersey Shore vicuriously

Vicuriously by Mrvicurious November 12, 2017

Vicariosexual 

When you aren't getting laid so you live vicariously through your friends' sex lives

Everyone thought Arron was getting laid all the time, but turns out he's a total Vicariosexual

Vicariosexual by KC word girl September 1, 2020

vicarity 

that which is experienced vicariously.

I don't even have to leave the house anymore. I get my vicarity on the Internet.

vicarity by Chrome Toaster January 23, 2009

Vicarious Leisure 

Excess consumption by an auxiliary member of the leisure class. This is referenced in Thorstein Veblen's "The Theory of The Leisure Class". His most prominent example is described as a wife of a member of the leisure class.

Through vicarious leisure, she enjoyed the fine accoutrements provided by the vast wealth of her husband.

Vicarious Leisure by Bloopie Nefoomy June 20, 2011