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The 'temporarily embarrassed' phrase is a trope used to belittle those who aren't sore losers about other people being more successful than them.
by drakonandor 10y ago
The 'temporarily embarrassed' phrase is a trope used to belittle those who aren't sore losers about other people being more successful than them.
- falcolas 10y agoNot at all. I used the phrase as a riff on "Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires": people who make judgement calls based not on their current societal class but on their expected class, since they expect to soon join that other class. I feel it's an adequate explanation of why people who are currently employees who support such employee-hostile policies.