It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period. Every year, Lake Superior State University releases its Banished Words List, a tradition that dates back to 1976, highlighting words and terms ...

“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 ...

If you’re ready to make 2025 a game changer by retiring stale words that are just so cringe, Lake Superior State University can get behind that 100%. And IYKYK. And ...

Was it the acoustic guitar? The cell phone lights swaying in the background? Or was it the lyrics of the song itself? Whatever it was, the impact was immediate and brutal. According to the internet, ...

Actor Tom Cruise greets fans before qualifications for women's team gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics in Paris on Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Several days into the competition in Paris, ...

“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. ...

"Unless you are Taylor Swift, it might be time to leave 'era' behind," LSSU declared. Volha Shukaila/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period.