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 ...

“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. ...

To quote Taylor Swift’s iconic 2022 NYU commencement speech, it’s time to “learn to live alongside cringe.” In case you didn’t tune into Swift’s viral address, the singer announced that feeling ...

In a recent piece on his YouTube channel, professor of philosophy Hans-Georg Moeller argues that we have seen a recent rise in the use of the word “cringe” to describe a new, online form of ...

If you could choose viral fame, would you? If you're lucky, your viral video could land you enough money for a down payment or a college fund. But if you're not so lucky, 15 seconds of fame could open ...