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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
Related Words
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

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

victrola 

noun describing the mental state of one who does not understand, and goes silent (sometimes angling one's head like the Victrola dog)
So when I was sick of hearing her spout on about how "brilliant" her crazy friends were, I told her to shut her pie hole before I punched her in the box, and she went victrola on me. After a minute of silence, I slowed to 30 pushed her out of the car.
victrola by ChuckChaser69 October 14, 2011

vicar’s portion 

A vicar’s portion is a very small cup of tea one would serve to a vicar to ensure a fleeting visit.
insert name of friend you dislike popped by the other day for tea - I gave him a vicar’s portion of course

throttle the vicar 

To whack off with both hands at once, as though furiously and purposefully strangling an authority figure who had it coming.
“Hey Wilmer, I was bingewatching old school Pamela Anderson before my mom walked in my room.”

“Did she catch you in the act.”

“Yeah I was fixing to throttle the vicar pretty good, he was just about to confess.”

“Sounds like you almost punched your way into heaven, maybe next time your mom will knock.”