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[Verb] | "cringe" | \ ˈkrinj \
1: to recoil in distaste
2: to shrink in fear or servility
3: to behave in an excessively humble or servile way
Origin: 13th century ;
Middle English crengen; akin to Old English cringan to yield, Middle High German krank weak;
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[Noun] | "cringe"
1: a cringing act; specifically : a servile bow
Origin: 1592 ;
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[Adjective] | "cringe"
1: so embarrassing, awkward, etc. as to cause one to cringe : cringeworthy
Origin: 1983 ;
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[Adjective] | "cringey" | \ ˈkrin-jē \
1: tending to cause one to cringe (as out of embarrassment or discomfort) : cringeworthy; also : inclined to cringe
Origin: 1986 ;
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[Verb] | "cringe"
1: to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust;
* e.g., " ... gruesome crime scene photos that made several jurors cringe "
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[ "cringe" ]
1: v. cringe - to recoil in embarrassment
* e.g., ... Example 1 - laziness is normative
[ "cringe" ]
2: n. cringe - an instance of recoiling in embarrassment
Modern usage stems from its popularity among uncreative Zoomers circa 2013 who continue employ it as a banal and inane pejorative in virtual discourse when they feel threatened by media, memes, or posts that break convention as defined by their narrow social experience in an arbitrary microcosm of internet culture exceed their puerile comprehension in complexity or length or induce even the slightest sense of insecurity for which they cannot muster a lazy conditioned riposte.
In this regard, the word has come to mean "An expression of pious and empty derision toward another person's thoughts, actions, or beliefs that (without discussion) implies ones own beliefs are normative and therefore superior."
* e.g., ... Person 1: *posts comment exceeding 500 characters*
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[ "cringe" ]
1: A word that post-millenial, emotionally stunted children and young teenagers use to react to innocuous but heartfelt displays of affection or desire.
* e.g., ... Mr Rogers: "I like you just the way you are."
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[ "cringe" ]
1: jake paul
* e.g., ... a smart person: jake paul is pure cringe change my mind
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[ "cringe" ]
1: UK slang. An extremely awkward, uncomfortable situation caused by a person, group of people or environment, causing extreme embarrassment. The resultant effect on the surrounding non-cringe people is usually shame, chagrin or vexation or a combination of these.
* e.g., ... "Mate, I can't believe that Fred was wasted and tried to get with a guy. Absolute cringe."
"Mate, I can't believe that Fred got wasted and fell down the stairs naked in front of that girl he fancied. That was cringe. Solid banter though."
The epitomy of "cringe": youtube.com/watch?v=g_vqb8jkOOs
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[ "cringe" ]
1: 11-year old girls in roblox who pose as uwu gay pastel white furry boys for attention/friends thanks to the gacha community or some kind of yaoi
* e.g., ... "Timothy:" uh.. h-hey!! i'm timwothy!!1! >W< can we be freinds..? 'O//O
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[ "cringe" ]
1: Cringe™ is something you do when you see something you don't like, or find annoying. Cringe™ can be used in many various situations like, a grown man being awkward or a little kid doing something inappropriate. There are many other phrases, for example: cringeworthy (something is being worthy of being cringed at)
* e.g., ... Person X: Dude why is this 5 year old twerking!?
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[ "cringe" ]
1: something thats so disgraceful you just wanna scrunch up your face in disgust
* e.g., ... sebastians new haircut makes me cringe
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[ "cringe" ]
1: the feeling that is caused by something so weird and terrible that you want to physically throw up
* e.g., ... That video made me cringe so fucking hard
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[ "cringe" ]
1: youtube rewind 2018
* e.g., ... Everyone except the youtubers who were in yt rewind 2018: ugh this is so cringe and where the fuck is pewdiepie
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[ "cringe" ]
1: The feeling when you've done something really embarassing.
* e.g., ... "Oh man, i got hammered last night and slept with that really fat girl from college." *cringe*
[ "cringe" ]
2: Or when someone else does something embarassing.
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