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 ...

Was it the acoustic guitar? The cell phone lights swaying in the background? Or was it the lyrics of the song itself? Whatever it was, the impact was immediate and brutal. According to the internet, ...

“Cringe” has been used in The Times to describe feelings of embarrassment, discomfort and a style of comedy that makes use of both. By Sarah Diamond In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or ...

“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. ...

Early cringe culture was about empathy and secondhand embarrassment. Today, being “cringe” is a serious infraction. After spending years in that environment, our sense of cringe has been heightened 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 ...

Gen Z daters are swiping left on sincerity — and it’s leaving them lonely. For many, it’s not the fear of being unattractive that keeps them from going all-in on dating apps. It’s the fear of coming ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...