Recent questions tagged embarrassment

Description : What’s the most embarassing Freudian slip you’ve made in public?

Last Answer : An old man who lived across the street needed help moving something heavy. I asked him if he had a wheelchair, when I meant to say wheelbarrow.

Description : Would Puerto Rico have electricity if it were the 51st state?

Last Answer : Yes, because the GOP Administration would want their congressional votes. Or, maybe if it wasn’t predominantly Latino.

Description : What's your comfort level?

Last Answer : It would depend on the length and level of our friendship. Hard to make a generalization. Your feelings are usually a giveaway. If you are embarrassed, then that is how you feel.

Description : Is there a single word to describe the feeling of embarrassment that one can have for someone else?

Last Answer : Not in English. For me, discomfiture has a connotative meaning of embarrassment because of the actions of others, but it is not denotative.

Description : How do you feel about people who say "I told you so"?

Last Answer : If they really did tell me so, I don’t care.

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