When a Man has an erection at an inopportune time.
"Hey Jane, did you see Umberto bomb his speech in front of the whole school!"
"Ya, he had a serious Shame Totem going on there, maybe I'll take it for a ride later".
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The rapid cover-up that ensues when a couple engaging in sexual acts is about to be happened upon by an outsider. The cover-up is erratic and poorly executed by the shamed couple, resulting in an awkward shuffle.
I went to call my brother and his girlfriend for dinner and I could hear them doing the shame shuffle as I knocked on the door.
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Bringing up someones past mistakes from years ago when they have made an effort to change their ways.
Gary: I heard Pete became a qualified teacher.
Phill: Seriously!? Didn't he used to steal from shops when he was younger and got arrested a few times?
Pete: Oi knock it off with your past shaming! Those happened years ago and now I have changed my ways!
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When someone ghosts out of shame, usually temporary.
This happens after doing something they swore they wouldn't do, or that they feel guilty about having done.
Can be used among good friends, because friends don't usually permanently ghost, but they do ghost temporarily out of shame.
"Lily went to see her ex yesterday to drop of things and never texted me back..."
"She probably did something wrong and now she's doing the Ghost of Shame."
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(Verb). Waking up on a Sunday and going from app to app to see the texts, Snapchats, etc you sent while drunk. If your poor thumb could talk it would ask to be amputated after the level 3 trauma it just endured.
This morning the scroll of shame was so rough, i ordered a flip phone for next weekend and am only putting 911 and dominos in the contacts.
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When celebrities go into hiding, rehab, or prison after engaging in disgraceful behavior.
Emerging from his shame cocoon after railing against Jews, Mel Gibson donated one million dollars to the Holocaust Fund.
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An act in which one intimidates, harasses, or otherwise coerces another into changing his or her personal opinions because they are not politically correct enough.
The Yale students demanding Christaski's apology are engaging in PC shaming.
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