Like side parts, skinny jeans, and girlbossing, emoji can be categorized as dated internet ephemera. These days, certain symbols, like , are seen as especially cringe and — even worse ...

It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period. Every year, Lake Superior State University releases its Banished Words List, a tradition that dates back to 1976, highlighting words and ...

Cryptocurrencies Cringe: Binance Quickly Backtracks on Emoji That Resembles a Swastika The crypto trading platform announced a new, Nazi-esque emoji and unsurprisingly, it didn’t go over very well.

First Known Use: 1997 Etymology: Many assume the word emoji has roots in emotion, but the resemblance is purely coincidental. It actually comes from the Japanese for picture (絵, pronounced eh), plus ...

It’s time to leave your cringe word era behind. Period. Every year, Lake Superior State University releases its Banished Words List, a tradition that dates back to 1976, highlighting words and ...

Here are the words and phrases that the university declared banned for 2025. Cringe “Cringe” topped the Banished Words List. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images “Cringe” is so cringe.