It's a term that has entered the global, English-speaking lexicon as the Zoomer generation began to gain prominence on the internet and on social media in particular. To be 'cringe' is not just to ...

Whilst Rush frontman Geddy Lee maintains that he regrets no music, there is one song that he described as so "lousy" that he ...

Cringe is ultimately an emotional and physical response: A secondhand embarrassment to a situation or experience, and you know it when you feel it. It can be used as a verb, an expression we wore on ...

If you can't watch a video of yourself speaking without mentally cringing, you're not alone. You've probably noticed that the way you sound on film is vastly different from what you've grown ...

Early cringe culture was about empathy and secondhand embarrassment. Today, being “cringe” is a serious infraction. After spending years in that environment, our sense of cringe has been heightened to ...

“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 ...