“Cringe” has been used in The Times to describe feelings of embarrassment, discomfort and a style of comedy that makes use of both. By Sarah Diamond In Word Through The Times, we trace how one word or ...

Was it the acoustic guitar? The cell phone lights swaying in the background? Or was it the lyrics of the song itself? Whatever it was, the impact was immediate and brutal. According to the internet, ...

“Cringe culture” emerged from informal social policing on social media, but it is also prevalent in real-life interactions. Behaviors that are tagged as awkward or overly eager are shared and mocked. ...

It's Been a Minute's Brittany Luse on the rise of cringe culture: where it comes from, how it's hurting us, and how leaning into cringe is good for art. If you could choose viral fame, would you? If ...

Raised online and under constant scrutiny, young adults are leaning into embarrassment as a necessary part of growing up. By Yola Mzizi Kate Glavan was in a rut. Ms. Glavan, 26, had moved to New York ...

"Unless you are Taylor Swift, it might be time to leave 'era' behind," LSSU declared. Volha Shukaila/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period.

Leeron Walter is an award-winning VP Marketing at Teramind, a global cybersecurity leader and an international speaker on secure innovation. In an age of curated feeds and overly polished brand ...

There was a time when millennials ruled the internet with ironic Tumblr posts and the golden age of Instagram filters. But now, in the TikTok era, their once effortless cultural currency is being ...

Cringe is having a moment. Millions of posts with the hashtag are shared online, and entire forums on Reddit are dedicated to discussing what makes us cringe. We’re all just too familiar with this ...