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cringe attack

To feel massively ashamed of past actions that you have personally done so that the suffered embarrassment tricks your body that you're about to have a heart attack. It is followed by episodes of further awkwardness and feeling uncomfortable for the rest of the day.
I looked at my yearbook today

And are you feeling nostalgic?

Not all dude.. the way I used to dress and my haircut were so awful it gave me a cringe attack
by flotrslv July 16, 2014
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Cock Cringe

When your penis dies of mortification from seeing somebody ugly you fucked.
Angie put up a selfie and I had severe cock cringe.
by batshitcray February 22, 2015
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Cringe McMinge

someone whose intelligence is less than agreeable, someone who does something outrageous or stupid, the epitome of stupidness.
OMG you're such a Cringe McMinge!
by churfalurf December 27, 2010
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Cringe-Binge

Watching seasons worth of a television show, when you don't like the show. It's just so dumb that you can't stop
"Dude I think I have a problem"
"What's that?"
"I cringe-binged all the episodes of pretty little liars"
"I'll call the rehab clinic"
by FruitSnaxitave September 20, 2016
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pseudo-cringe

When someone acts in a cringy manner, knowingly, in order to instigate laughter among a group of people who understand the deliberate cringiness.
The way Teddy texts is pseudo-cringy, as all his friends know that he's intentionally writing that way.

The teacher acts in a pseudo-cringy manner which makes the Z-GEN kids laugh. ( Pseudo-cringe-ception: pseudo cringe within pseudo-cringe example. )
by PseudoCringer February 27, 2020
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crypto cringe

When a #cryptobros and scammers try to sell you their cryptocurrency and NFT hype and is so embarrassing or awkward, it makes you feel extemely ashamed and/or embarrassed.
"I can't talk to Chad without felling crypto cringe. He can't stop talking about Dogecoin and the ape NFT he bought"
by charlie.c March 7, 2022
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Cringe Benefits

Pleasure derived from watching YouTube videos or being around people considered "cringey."
I saw this stupid kid playing Call of Duty on YouTube and got some major cringe benefits from it.
by SilverSheilds May 15, 2018
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