cringe-o-meter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒoʊˌmitɚ/, [-ɾɚ]
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: cringe-o-met‧er
Noun
cringe-o-meter (plural cringe-o-meters)
- Alternative form of cringeometer.
- 2011 June 11, “How does Your Dad Rate on the Cringe-O-Meter?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 5 February 2016:
- How Does Your Dad Rate On The Cringe-O-Meter? [title]
- 2018 September 5, “The 60 Best TV Shows on Netflix UK”, in Empire, London: Bauer Publishing, ISSN 0957-4948, OCLC 1001486823, archived from the original on 3 August 2020:
- If Alpha Papa was your introduction to [Alan] Partridge, you'll be wanting to dig through the Parchives, pronto. (Just make sure cringe-o-meters are set to stun.)
- 2020 January 23, Teddy Greenstein, “Remember Charlie Hall? The Former Northwestern Walk-on Stars in a New Web Series that Made His Mom Julia Louis-Dreyfus Laugh.”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.: Tribune Publishing, ISSN 1085-6706, OCLC 7960243, archived from the original on 26 February 2020:
- The cringe-o-meter peaks during a scene in which a shirtless [Charlie] Hall, well, masters his domain. Hall said he had no issue showing that scene to his mother [Julia Louis-Dreyfus], who played Elaine on "Seinfeld" for nine seasons.
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