No. 7,911 in Russian
киберкринж
"Киберкринж" (cyber-cringe) refers to embarrassing or awkward behavior/content online, often evoking secondhand embarrassment.
In a sentence
Этот форум об анекдотах вызвал у всех киберкринж.
This forum about jokes caused everyone cyber-cringe.
Here, 'киберкринж' is used to denote an emotional reaction of second-hand embarrassment while interacting with web content.
Киберкринж ситуации на стриме стал темой обсуждения.
The cyber-cringe situation on the stream became a topic of discussion.
In this usage, 'киберкринж' describes a specific event during a live internet broadcast that caused widespread embarrassment.
Его комментарии в чате были полным киберкринжем.
His comments in the chat were complete cyber-cringe.
Here, 'киберкринж' is used to describe an action—in this case, online comments—that resulted in general embarrassment or awkwardness for the viewers.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “киберкринж” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “киберкринж” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).