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

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Vhari

Something of an enigma, intelligent and kind hearted. Very, very attractive both physically and mentally. One of a kind.

It doesn't take a Vhari to figure that out

Vhari by waster234 March 8, 2010

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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

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Visharian

One whose vegetarian diet includes fish and seafood, but no meat, and typically includes dairy and eggs. A neologistic portmanteau of the words 'vegetarian' and 'fish', it is a more cool and descriptive alternative to the label pescetarian, which often invites partisan ridicule by waiters in restaurants.

Skinny Waiter: "Hey, did you take the order from those pesky pescetarians on table 5 yet? They wanted to order off-menu...Jesus, why can't they just order in...oh man, now look, they're waving at me..."
Fat Waiter: "Yeah, but they're actually Visharians"
Skinny Waiter: "Oh really? K, that's cool then, give me the docket, I'll go express it".

Visharian by Breaga March 12, 2011

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vihara

It means awesome. Normally used when a girl is known to be cool or fun to hang out with.

She's such an awesome person... like Vihara.

vihara by TAnonymousaaaaan July 5, 2017

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fauxstalgia

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.

Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia

fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010

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pajama casual

Pajama casual is a term used when working from home and preparing for a video conference. All business above the waist and your pajama pants down below.

We have a Zoom meeting in a few minutes and I’ll probably go pajama casual.

pajama casual by jrod-knows March 31, 2020

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