kjánahrollur

Etymology
From 🇰🇲, approximately “shivering from seeing someone make a fool of themselves”.

First seen on print in 1999, becoming widespread after ca. 2010.

Noun

 * 1) to cringe from embarrassment, shivering from secondhand embarrassment

Synonyms

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Related terms

 * mér hryllir við
 * pínlegt
 * vandræðalegt
 * kjánalegt