Foreign Word of the Day: Fremdschämen

There are words we need to borrow from other languages.  From German, that word of the day is “Fremdschämen”.  “Fremdschämen” is the antonym of “Schadenfreude”.  “Fremdschämen” is derived from “fremd”, meaning “foreign, external”; and “schämen”, meaning “to be ashamed”.  This is an idiomatic phrase meaning to be embarrassed or feel awkward on behalf of someone, who has embarrassed themselves, and should be ashamed, but are oblivious to it.