"We have changed from the old cringing weakling and transformed into full-grown men demanding our portion as men," he said.
In the mall near my home there is a store called Forever 21, where women long since 21 fill their desperate arms with clothing that would make an actual 21-year-old cringe.
Is this a reversal of the old "cultural cringe", the phenomenon which led Australians of a certain generation to defer automatically to supposed British superiority?
These youngsters pushed social barriers in ways that made older folks cringe in order to expose the injustices of segregation.
According to an aide, Mr. James, a soft-spoken 47-year-old lawyer, cringes at news articles framing the legal battle that began in the Clinton administration as a struggle between himself and Bill Gates.
As my daughters grew older I cringed whenever they needed to do a family tree or timeline.
Old cold warriors cringed, but so did many in the president's own party, whose biggest concerns about China focus on jobs and economic influence.
There's also Jimmy Smits, as a Bronx politico who offers Zeke a route to Manhattan power; ugly disco mobsters; nasty old Ed Koch; some cringe-inducing family melodrama; and the adorable Jaden Smith, playing an elfin graffiti impresario with an Afro twice his size.
I un-followed her a long time ago, but every time I learn of something rambunctious that the 21-year-old tweets, I cringe.
The irrepressibly optimistic MP for Clacton sees the yearning to leave the EU not as a foetal cringe by old-fashioned voters but precisely the opposite.
Although all this may make older users yawn or cringe, younger ones, the majority of Venmo's customers, seem to like it.The ease of use and the social element raise concerns about security.
