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cringey

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[krin-jee]

adjective

Informal.
  1. causing a reaction or feeling of embarrassment, awkwardness, or discomfort; cringeworthy.

    The movie brought back my cringey middle school memories.

  2. seeking favor by means of servile behavior or flattery.

    His talk show is mostly cringey interviews with celebrities.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cringey1

First recorded in 1965–70; cringe ( def. ) + -y 1 ( def. )
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Pitchfork said it was "excruciatingly corny" while Rolling Stone described it as "cringey... clunky and dated" in a two-and-a-half star review.

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Admittedly, covering Rose in the 1960s and 1970s was always fun, though tinged with that cringey touch of guilty-pleasure-discomfort that’s so recognizable today.

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“Even what may appear to be ‘cringey’ with regard to meme coins, it’s legal, and what we need to do is have a regulatory framework that makes this more clear, so we don’t have this Wild West scenario.”

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“The articulation of artistry is always a little cringey. It’s very hard to do. And I remember I kept fighting Durga on it, not really wanting to do it. ‘Can we maybe rewrite it, or how can we get around it?’

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When they’re not wasting time arguing over decorum or recording cringey ‘choose your fighter’ videos, Democrats are scrambling to find a strategy to regain power.

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