A character who fails at everything and is loved for it — a cringefail loser — as Tumblr's highest praise, and the record's entry for the affection that is reserved for the incompetent. 'The cringe and the fail' is its full form, said with a sigh.
Small fix: the peak year is right but the peak was shorter than a year — closer to six weeks. The rest of 2022 was people explaining it.
Personal note for the archive: I have used Cringefail unironically at least twice this week. Reporting this honestly because the record depends on people admitting it.
The record notes 'cringefail' is the opposite of 'sigma' and the same generation invented both, and that the record knows which it is.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
