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German
Etymology
From fremd + Scham.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fremdscham f (genitive Fremdscham, no plural)
- vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment (shame felt for actions done by someone else)
2024 May 16, Silvia Süess, “Beim Einparkieren den Ausweg finden”, in WOZ:Und auch in «Auf allen vieren» wird weiter unverblümt gefummelt, geleckt, gefingert, gerieben, geflüstert und fantasiert. Das liest sich manchmal verstörend und mit Fremdscham, meist aber vergnüglich und sehr lustvoll.- And also in All Fours there's more blunt snogging, licking, fingering, rubbing, whispering, and fantasising. Reading it is sometimes disturbing and produces vicarious embarrassment, but for the most part amusing and sensual.
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