Using cringe in your sentence is cringe. amirite?

It's just Gen Z speak. When I was growing up, we probably said something like, "That movie made me cringe," but not "That movie was cringe." It's just been converted into a noun and adjective. It's dumb, but in thirty years, their kids will be making fun of that use of cringe too.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

That's how I feel about 'woke'. Use it, I tune out instantly.

by Hellerkeara 2 days ago

Cringe is still a normal word that you may use in everyday language

by Anonymous 2 days ago

As a noun, yes. As an adjective, nah. But this phenomenon is actually a symptom. The root issue is these people are obsessed with online approval from total strangers.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Elder millennial, here. We just say "that movie was cringy."

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Only people who get called cringe complain about that word

by Creepy_Nature 2 days ago

Yep

by Brandy56 2 days ago

Amen

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Cringe... gross.... yikes.... tell me without telling me... imagine.... "... got it".... yea they're all just copy/paste minds that let the internet recalibrate them. Oh you've dated!? let me guess, your ex is a narcissist. Oh wait, no thats not fresh enough. Is your ex an avoidant? There we go... look at how current and special you are. You can tell how much scrolling time a person has by how quickly they adopt the word of the week.

by WesternInevitable217 2 days ago

Don't forget trauma.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Oh thats a great point! Trauma.... its what they call experience these days lol.

by WesternInevitable217 2 days ago

Bro is an example

by mcculloughemery 2 days ago