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[–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

... Huh.

I mean yeah to the first part, but I was using cringe in like, the early 2010s.

Not based though, I think that came about later?

IIRC, 'cringe' started as 'cringeworthy', I think it might have originally gotten more widely used in tumblr/deviantart/fanfic/shipping type circles, and then it broke containment in the early 2010s?

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