by Some_handle_that_isnt_used August 22, 2018
by Lucasj17 November 10, 2019
Cringe is a word, implemented by millennials to replace a three word phrase "second hand embarrassment".
*Person A presenting a PowerPoint presentation about China infront of his history class*
Person A: ... Oh and if anyone is wondering on July 4th 1989 nothing happened on Tiananmen Square. Now about the...
Person B quietly to itself: Cringe.
Person A: ... Oh and if anyone is wondering on July 4th 1989 nothing happened on Tiananmen Square. Now about the...
Person B quietly to itself: Cringe.
by low@ September 13, 2020
A perfectly precise verb that has now been mutilated into an adjective to well describe something morally intolerable, just because that thing is too much to handle.
by Medium Salsa December 12, 2016
Moments when you remember things that happened the previous night that you're not proud of, making you cringe.
Jane: Oh no.
Jessica: What's wrong?
Jane: I just remembered that I kissed Joe last night after that 5th tequila shot. I've got a bad case of the cringes.
Jessica: What's wrong?
Jane: I just remembered that I kissed Joe last night after that 5th tequila shot. I've got a bad case of the cringes.
by Pasadena Kim May 14, 2007