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Cringe / Cringy

Something that sucks so much that it makes you feel uncomfortable, makes you very "gêné".
Also used to describe something, a way to talk, a joke, you can also say "cringy".
Used to describe very very very unfunny stuff but like, not because it's weird or something, because it's goofy or just not making you laught.
Person 1 : Omg you such a baka stawppp
Person 2 : Bro why are you so cringe / cringy
by Da_Frenchie January 12, 2023
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Cringe-Baiting

The act of intentionally doing something awkward, embarrassing, or shameful in order to provoke a reaction of 'cringe' from onlookers.
"Haha, I'm only wearing this Fortnite T-Shirt to cringe-bait these normies"

"Look at that guy Naruto running through the store. He is probably cringe-baiting us"
by epic_style November 18, 2020
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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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the cringe is real

AAAAAAHHHH THE CRINGE IS REAL
by The Gacha Unicorn vlogs September 4, 2019
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Cringe Counter

The Cringe Counter is a chart directed to GZ/GA (newest generation) where there are 7 categories, listed below:
1: Perfectly Normal, no Twitter
2: Harmless, just harmless jokes
3: Approaching, uses Twitter and has behavior of stan
4: Slightly Cringe, uses Twitter a lot and has behavior of stan
5: Cringe, is just very cringe
6: Alpha Cringe, Zoophile/P*dophile supporter
7: Beta Cringe R*pesexual supporter
(for those who are wondering, GEN A is the newest generation)
That guy was apparently ranked Alpha Cringe on the Cringe Counter!
by "D*cktionary" January 6, 2022
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cringe bringe

something so cringe that you have to say bringe ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ノ
origins from famous copy pasta: "DUHH CRINGE!! DUH BRINGE!! CRINGE!! IS THAT ALL YOU SHITPOSTING FUCKS CAN SAY!?!?"
by xxthot_gurl September 22, 2020
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Genital Cringe

This is the effect that one experiences when thinking about a particularly unsavory experience dealing with their genitals. It can be anywhere from a gentle tingle to a full-on cringe of the vagina or paynis.
I heard Jeryl has to deal with blue waffle on her vagina.

Gross, that gives me a genital cringe...
by N64 Winnuh April 5, 2011
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