kjánahrollur

Icelandic

From kjáni (“silly person”) +‎ hrollur (“shivering”), approximately “shivering from seeing someone make a fool of themselves”.

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

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to cringe from embarrassment, shivering from secondhand embarrassment
Ég fæ svo mikinn kjánahroll við að horfa á vini mína í karókí. ― I cringe from secondhand embarrassment when watching my friends performing at karaoke bars.

declension of kjánahrollur