Only the man with this name can be the best husband a woman could ever ask for. Handsome, caring, funny, smart, driven, honest, and most of all, compassionate!
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.
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 crazyfriends 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.