"Cringe has become a social trap that is very hard to escape," writes Myisha Battle.

In the race for eyeballs, some brands have found that there’s a surefire way to make their content impossible to look away from—infusing it with "cringe." A healthy dose of unsettling ...

Gen Z daters are so terrified of looking cringe, they’re scrubbing all sincerity from dating profiles — and it could be why so many are still swiping solo.

Viral Trends ‘Cringe,’ ‘era’ and other Gen Z slang banned in 2025, university declares: ‘Words matter!’ By Brooke Steinberg Published Jan. 13, 2025, 8:43 a.m. ET ...

Some of the best TV shows are ones that make us cringe the hardest, and here are 30+ examples of small-screen awkwardness at its best.

Family Guy ‘s newest episode brings back Caillou in full after first bringing a parody of it to screen back in Season 19, as Stewie is so excited over the fact he’s getting an Easy-Bake Oven ...

A viral video has left people in stitches after a 32-year-old shared the list of things her Gen Z sister said are "cringe" for Millennials. "I asked my sister to tell me all the things that are ...

Key points Cringe is a new form of shame that has emerged in online spaces. What is cringe is always changing and creates vigilance in online behavior. Our online profiles are "gambles" on the ...

Cringe reflects the most surface-level nihilism that we feel bubbling in our society—an existential dread and humiliation for everything that is happening.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new podcast that has him fawning over right-wing guests. It's been slammed by Democrats, but it is a smart way to run for president?

James Cameron says moviegoers who think the dialogue in his movies is cringe should remember he has three of the four highest-grossing movies.