vicarious embarrassment


the very uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while you watch someone else embarr-ssing themselves. this feeling is often intensified when the person embarr-ssing themself is not aware of how embarr-ssing their behavior is. in this case it is more like you are feeling the embarr-ssment 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 embarr-ssment right now, man.
george: ugh. let me know when it’s over.

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