“Cringe” focuses on the youth language that passes most of us by, but at least once a year reaches those who are no longer young, when the youth word of the year is announced. The work features a short mini-cartoon depicting a youth language situation in a place where young people spend (at least should spend) most of their youth, school. It quickly becomes apparent that two (linguistic) worlds collide here. Youth language is multicultural, creative, innovative and definitely has its own aesthetic in its spontaneous inventiveness and playful use of language, even if the young people are usually not aware of this and this is not seen as such in the language perception of other age groups and seems strange (or cringe).