millennial cringe

noun

Outdated behaviors, fashion, slang, and trends popular with millennials, that younger generations, especially Gen Z, now find awkward or embarrassing.

“Millennial cringe may include skinny jeans, using the laugh-cry emoji 😂, over-sharing on social media, or obsessing over "adulting".”

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Meanings

nounmillennial cringe (plural millennial cringes)

plural millennial cringes

  1. Internetneologismsocial mediaOutdated behaviors, fashion, slang, and trends popular with millennials, that younger generations, especially Gen Z, now find awkward or embarrassing.

    Millennial cringe may include skinny jeans, using the laugh-cry emoji 😂, over-sharing on social media, or obsessing over "adulting".

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