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    [Adjective]  | "sec*ond*hand" | \ ˈse-kən(d)-ˈhand \


    1: received from or through an intermediary : borrowed

    2: derivative

    3: acquired after being used by another : not new


    Origin: 1654 ;

    [Adverb]  | "secondhand" 


    1: at second hand : indirectly

    2: as a secondhand item


    Origin: 1795 ;

    [Noun]  | "second hand" | \ ˌse-kən(d)-ˈhand \


    1: an intermediate person or means : intermediary —usually used in the phrase at second hand


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "second hand" | \ ˈsek-ən(d)-ˌhand \


    1: the hand marking seconds on a timepiece


    Origin: 1759 ;

    [Noun]  | "secondhand smoke" 


    1: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby


    Origin: 1891 ;

    [Noun]  | "sweep-sec*ond hand" | \ ˈswēp-ˌse-kənd- \


    1: a hand marking seconds on a timepiece mounted concentrically with the other hands and read from the same dial as the minute hand


    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Adjective]  | "secondhand" 


    1: taken or created from something original or basic;


      * e.g., " ... memoirs filled with secondhand stories about show-business celebrities "





     [ "secondhander" ]

    1: Someone who gets their ideas, opinions and values exclusively form society and from others as opposed to getting: an idea from within oneself; a value from a personal rational process; an opinion from an experience.

      * e.g.,  ... Ayn Rand pointed out that Peter Keating was a secondhander because he stole all his ideas. 

     [ "secondhander" ]

    1: The transition made from one's dominant hand to his non-dominant hand when masturbating.

      * e.g.,  ... After about 4 hours, my right hand was cramping pretty bad, so I had to pull a secondhander. Worked like a charm. 

     [ "Secondhand Suicide" ]

    1: When someone wants to die but won't commit Suicide You won't do it to yourself but Almost hoping something else will do it for you. I.E: A Deadly disease, car crash, something that is outside of your control, ECT.

      * e.g.,  ... Man: Hey Dude, what killed man 2? 

     [ "secondhand embarrassment" ]

    1: The personal embarrassment that one feels on account of and for another (i.e. a friend, a family member or a complete stranger) who is making a fool of him or herself. A person experiencing secondhand embarrassment feels as if they are doing the embarrassing action themselves, effectively putting themselves in the other person's shoes.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Man, Sarah's presentation today was terrible. She forgot half of it and stumbled through the rest.  

     [ "Secondhand suicide" ]

    1: Someone who wants to die, but won't commit suicide.

      * e.g.,  ... "I want to die, but i cant commit suicide because i'm too scared" she said 


     [ "Secondhand suicide" ]

    2: Often because they don't actually want to die, they're too scared to or because of family, friends or pets.

      * e.g.,  ... "That's called *secondhand suicide* and you're not alone in feeling this way" he answered 

     [ "secondhand watching" ]

    1: When people around you talk so much about a TV-show that you feel you've watched it yourself.

      * e.g.,  ... I've never seen any episode of Breaking Bad, but through secondhand watching, I know Walter White, Gus and Gale die. 

     [ "secondhand listening" ]

    1: When you hear everything that is said nearby, but you really don’t want to.

      * e.g.,  ... I learned all about what it means to be an adult while secondhand listening to drunk people at our backyard pool parties outside my bedroom window on school nights. 

     [ "Secondhand Cock" ]

    1: The inadvertent contact of male genitalia by another male by way of a third party.

      * e.g.,  ... Dennis: "Dude, I just made out with that hot blonde in the pink halter top over there. It was so intense! Gabe: "Seriously? Man, I got a blow job from her just twenty minutes ago. Haha, you just got some secondhand cock!" 

     [ "Secondhand Embarrassment" ]

    1: When someone's actions other than your own embarrasses you. Also a common feeling when reading or watching something embarrassing like a show or book.

      * e.g.,  ...  Person 1: Did you see that girl trip today? It was so embarrassing, she dropped everything in her hands. Person 2: Yeah, I know I couldn't handle watching her scramble around, trying to pick it up. The secondhand embarrassment was real. The Character in the book was so embarrassing , that I couldn't continue reading it, cause I got secondhand embarrassment too much. 

     [ "secondhand chapstick" ]

    1: whenever you kiss your boyfriend/girlfriend after they just put on chapstick and you get their chapstick on your lips thus moisturizing your lips for the rest of the day.

      * e.g.,  ... My boyfriend was wearing so much chapstick that when I kissed him, I got secondhand chapstick. My lips were moisturized the rest of the day. 

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