“I hated that movie. The love scene was so cringe.” Suddenly, this use of “cringe” seems to be everywhere. And some quasi-scientific evidence shows it’s on the rise. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer ...

Cringe has become a staple of meme culture. The word "cringe" has had a surprisingly long and dramatic journey. It began in Old English as cringan, meaning to bend, crouch, or yield, usually in fear ...

I’m not sure if I’m saying this to the wannabe poet or the Gen Zer or millennial whose fear of invoking cringe leaves their finger quaking over the upload button, but my message is the same. At the ...