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creep-shame

creep-shame verb: to shame someone by characterizing them as a creep.

Verb

creep-shame (third-person singular simple present creep-shames, present participle creep-shaming, simple past and past participle creep-shamed)

  1. (transitive) To shame someone by characterizing them as a creep.
    • 2010 shonmao, December 17 on TwoXChromosomes Reddit
      The only time I feel comfortable dancing (club) is either by myself or with my lesbian friends. As an XY I have to deal with homophobia or creep-shaming.
    • As one outraged Men’s Rights Redditor recently put it, in a comment with 30+ net upvotes: Creep shaming is probably one of the most insidious and anti-equality things you can do. The ability to label men as “creepy” is just one privilege that women enjoy, and a constant source of fear of...2011, Showdown: #MenCallMeThings versus The Catalogue of Anti-Male Shaming Tactics, We Hunted The Mammoth

Forms of creep-shame

third-person singular presentcreep-shames
present participlecreep-shaming
past participlecreep-shamed
pastcreep-shamed
alternative formcreep shame

Questions about creep-shame

What does creep-shame mean?
Creep-shame means to shame someone by characterizing them as a creep.
What part of speech is creep-shame?
Creep-shame is a verb.
What is the past tense of creep-shame?
The past tense of creep-shame is creep-shamed.

Words near creep-shame in the dictionary

  1. creep out
  2. creep shot
  3. creep shots
  4. creep up
  5. creep up on
  6. creep-shame
  7. creep-shamed
  8. creep-shames
  9. creep-shaming
  10. creepage
  11. creepage distance

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