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*Dies From Cringe*
Part of a series on Reaction Images. [View Related Entries]
About
Dies From Cringe, also known as Dies Of Cringe, refers to a series of reaction images with a character sprawling as if they've died after seeing something deeply embarrassing, aka cringeworthy.
Origin
On December 18th, 2017, Urban Dictionary[1] user Hi, I'm Steve added a definition of "dies of cringe" to the site that explained "To see or hear something, so f*cking cringy you die." (shown below).
The catchphrase didn't gain popularity until early 2021. On March 15th, 2021, Tenor[2] user amareloPvP uploaded a GIF using a character from Killer Bean fainting with the caption "dies from cringe" (shown below).
Spread
Starting that day, the GIF began seeing use as a reaction on social media. Variations soon followed on Tenor. For example, on August 21st, 2021, Tenor[3] user RocketMan341 uploaded an edit by using the character Aether from Genshin Impact (shown below, left). On January 28th, 2022, Tenor[4] user MroddMEMES uploaded similar edit by using the character SpongeBob from SpongeBob SquarePants (shown below, right).
On June 25th, 2021, TikTok[5] user @this.is.fvcking.cringe uploaded a video using the Killer Bean version as a reaction. The video received more than 249,000 views in one year (shown below, left). On June 27th, 2021, TikTok[6] user @_.hawii uploaded an edit that received more than 4 million views in one year (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6977678655803739398
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6978415163485457665
On June 23rd, 2021, YouTube[7] user TrackingLuis uploaded an edit titled "Dies of Cringe Meme" that received more than 188,000 views in one year (shown below, left). On December 12th, 2021, YouTube[8] user manlikeisaac uploaded a Shorts video that received more than 1.6 million views in one year (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Urban Dictionary – Dies of Cringe
[2] Tenor – Dies Of Cringe Cringe GIF
[3] Tenor – Aether Dies From Cringe GIF
[4] Tenor – Dies From Cringe GIF
[5] TikTok – #diesfromcringe
[6] TikTok – my first vid
[7] YouTube – Dies of cringe Meme
[8] YouTube – dies of cringe 💀
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