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To cringle

To repeat a word, sentence, or paragraph multiple times within a narrative or in casual conversation, in meaning or by exact wording. The term was coined in honour of the writing of CringleDragons, a public game developer and community owner.
"It was peaceful out here, however, I felt this overwhelming feeling of peace that I never had before."
"The ivy-covered rock waited in the sun. After their meal, on almost every trip, the family ventured to the ancient monolith covered in ivy."
"Gryphons didn't like the high altitude ... They struggled because of the altitude."

"The author cringled at line 16."
"I was surely cringling around in my first draft."
"You just pulled a cringle on that."
"To cringle this bad, you really need to be mindless."
To cringle by Wyrg October 15, 2025
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try not to cringe 

take turns being extremely cringey until nobody can handle it anymore
“try not to cringe…”

“sticking out ur gyatt for the rizzler”
try not to cringe by 3x44xx October 29, 2023

Cringed to Death

When something gets popular, and starts showing up in cringe-worthy videos, games, etc... just to attract little kids. Often happens to actually good things like Among Us, Poppy Playtime, Alphabet/Number Lore, etc...
Good things being cringed to death is a serious problem that the internet needs to stop.
Cringed to Death by linkyboi October 29, 2023
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