A feeling of personal
embarrassment coupled with vicarious
embarrassment for those present and not present who witness, create, participate in or are otherwise involved in a preposterous, ridiculous, or outrageous situation.
Origin: 1970s hokey disco theme song for Wehrenberg Theatre chain which caused a feeling of personal
embarrassment coupled with vicarious embarrassment for current and future theater goers, creators of song, Wehrenberg Theatres executives who selected the song, musicians employed to produce song, etc.