skämskudde

== Swedish == === Etymology === From skämmas (“to be embarrassed”) +‎ kudde (“pillow; (couch) cushion”), referring to the idea of seeing something so embarrassing that one gets the urge to hide one's face in a pillow or couch cushion, for example when watching a television program from a couch. The word has been attested in writing from at least 2002 and was possibly used as early as the 1980s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɧɛmsˌkɵdɛ/ === Noun === skämskudde c (humorous) a real or imagined pillow used to cope with the awkward feeling caused by witnessing something embarrassing; literally "embarrassment pillow". 2007, Peter Flinth, Svenska Dagbladet, "Ett mycket långt jaha"[3] [review of the film Arn] 2012, Johan Esk, Dagens Nyheter, "Esk: Folkets lag lyser inte"[5] ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== cringe sekundärskam === References === “skämskudde”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skämskudde”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)