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cringe-o-meter

noun
/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə/UK/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒoʊˌmitɚ/US

Etymology

From cringe + -o-meter.

  1. derived from *grenǵʰ-✻ — “to turn”
  2. derived from *kringaną✻
  3. inherited from *krangijaną✻ — “to cause to fall; to cause to turn”
  4. inherited from *crenċan✻
  5. inherited from crengen — “to bend in a haughty manner; to condescend”
  6. suffixed as cringe-o-meter — “cringe + o-meter”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cringeometer.

    • How Does Your Dad Rate On The Cringe-O-Meter? [title]
    • 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.)
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cringe-o-meter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA