shame job

plural shame jobs · alternative shame-job

1. Australian AboriginalSomething that causes, or should cause, embarrassment or shyness.

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   When I first started writing, scribbling, I was living in Cunnamulla on the edge of a sandhill, and I could see anyone coming across the flat. I'd be sitting there with my little table, an old sewing machine base with a bit of wood on it — my writing desk. Anyone come and I'd grab all my pieces of paper, and chuck them under the bed and in boxes, because it was a real shame job. You can't show words to people.

   2007 July 29, Sue Abbey, quoting Herb Wharton, “An Ungraded Bush Track”, in Fryer Folios, volume 2, number 1, page 15 of 14–17

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1. Australian AboriginalShame; embarrassed and shy, particularly because one is the subject of attention.

   Feeling shame job is never easy, so start by giving yourself a little break.

   2025 April 1, “How to cope with shame job”, in ReachOut

2. Australian AboriginalShame; causing embarrassment or shyness.