It's a term that has entered the global, English-speaking lexicon as the Zoomer generation began to gain prominence on the internet and on social media in particular. To be 'cringe' is not just to ...

In the race for eyeballs, some brands have found that there’s a surefire way to make their content impossible to look away from—infusing it with "cringe." A healthy dose of unsettling weirdness can ...

Everyone has a different definition of cringe. For some, you’re cringe if you laugh too loud, try too hard at your hobby, or dance with abandon in a public place while filming a TikTok. Cringe is ...

“Cringe culture” emerged from informal social policing on social media, but it is also prevalent in real-life interactions. Behaviors that are tagged as awkward or overly eager are shared and mocked. ...

Cringe is having a moment. Millions of posts with the hashtag are shared online, and entire forums on Reddit are dedicated to discussing what makes us cringe. We’re all just too familiar with this ...

When Gen Z isn’t busy trolling Millennials for their choice of jeans or carbon footprints, they’re hard at work bending and twisting the meaning of words you thought you once knew well. (Think sheesh ...

To quote Taylor Swift’s iconic 2022 NYU commencement speech, it’s time to “learn to live alongside cringe.” In case you didn’t tune into Swift’s viral address, the singer announced that feeling ...

“I hated that movie. The love scene was so cringe.” Suddenly, this use of “cringe” seems to be everywhere. And some quasi-scientific evidence shows it’s on the rise. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer ...

Why is everyone suddenly so embarrassed for everyone else? By Alex Williams Well, that was awkward. A few weeks ago, a relationship guru named Derrick Jaxn attracted millions of views with an ...

Cringe attacks, an intense feeling of shame or humiliation, are a common experience, especially among younger generations. Experts suggest that these attacks are an evolutionary survival mechanism and ...