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- Dictionarycringe/krɪn(d)ʒ/
verb
- 1. bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner: "he cringed away from the blow" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of cringing.
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Sep 16, 2019 · peak cringe has yet to reach a registered idiomatic phrase in major AmE abd BrE dictionaries. So it a matter of using the figurative definition of a verb and the definition of a noun: peak a noun. vocabulary.com. the most extreme possible amount or value. and. cringe. OED a verb. b. figurative.
Feb 15, 2016 · Both are simply ad-hoc adjectivizations of "cringe". Apparently "cringey" is listed as a "new word suggestion" by Collins, but neither is officially in a standard English dictionary yet. – Hot Licks
Mar 2, 2016 · Explained well by Urban Dictionary. Get rekt m8. Mostly used after getting good kill or shot, in mostly FPS (1st person shooter) Rekt is a misspelled version of the word "Wrecked".
Mar 10, 2015 · Conclusion. It appears from these examples (and specifically from the instance in George Fox's Journals) that scraping was indeed associated with a deferential action of the foot at least as far back as the 1600s.
Feb 14, 2011 · Examples: Sarcastic: Well, this meeting with the boss should be hilarious. Sardonic: Time for the monthly flogging by a twerp in a suit; I'll try not to get blood on the executive carpet.
Feb 16, 2018 · The sound made by pushing middle tongue against palate, tip of tongue bent downward and pushed up against upper teeth and sucking in air sharply w/ mouth open, chin drops and holds for an instant. A
The phrase "due diligence" appears to imply that a certain level of diligence is "due" from the party "doing" the diligence to a second party. Whenever I encounter this term, it make me cringe, because the people using it [I review commercial appraisals] seem to be unable to speak of diligence without attaching a "due" in front.
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Hmm, okay, a totally non-grammatical (probably, and thus very likely totally wrong) answer by an avowed non-grammarian (who nevertheless described and describes himself as a grammar-nazi at times):
Jul 24, 2020 · There is too, a word for it in Sranan: "Tjoerie"/"Tyuri" (phonetic: "Chooree").This is the language spoken in Suriname, the largest Dutch-speaking country in the Caribbean.
