In my family, his name will forever be tied to the most uncomfortable moments we ever spent in front of a television with my father.

Next, the researchers showed that we love to talk about cringe. Participants in an experiment saw cringy social media posts that had been edited to show off and pleasant posts without a cringe factor.

It’s so tacky and cringy. It is literally all the worst things about polo. I watched it in appalled hysterics.” Many people who watched the trailer weren’t impressed either with a majority ...