Cringe comedy is a specific genre of comedy that derives humor from social awkwardness. Often a cringe comedy will have an air of a mockumentary and revolve around a serious setting, such as a workplace, to lend the comedy a sense of reality.

What does cringe means in slang?

: to feel disgust or embarrassment and often to show this feeling by a movement of your face or body. : to make a sudden movement from fear of being hit or hurt.

What is a cringe person?

When you cringe, your body language shows you don't like what you see and hear. You close your eyes and grimace. You may even jerk your body away from the offensive sight or sound, like the old picture of you in an "awkward stage" that makes you cringe whenever you see it.