Cringe

Cringe is a prevalent disease and status condition that effects people in proximity to the sufferers moreso than the people with the disease. Cringe comes in many different forms, and can be acquired at birth, contracted or purposefully generated. Those who are cringe are often pariahs in society. But society only hates them because it fears their power.

Classification
Cringe is not merely one condition, and is defined as the range of behaviours that generate Cringe Energy. Many nations consider Cringe Generation a form of wrecking, and often ghettoise, arrest or execute those accused of being Cringe. Even in countries that have legalised cringe, its generation often leads to social ostricisation from the Cringeless Class. Germany is the only nation to generate cringe freely. Cringe has been criminalised in Ingerland, despite having the largest cringe population worldwide.

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CCM1C, or "Straight Cringe" is the most common form of cringe. Almost every human being is said to hold CCM1C in some form. CCM1C Energy is called "Background Cringe" due to its frequency and impotency. Visible CCM1Cs are accepted, to some degree, in all but the least cringe-tolerant societies. Cringe Energy is difficult to generate naturally, so CCM1Cs seldom reach high levels of Cringe.

Humphrey Cringe
Humphrey Cringe or Pure Cringe is a rare form of Cringe Energy. It has the highest Cringe Magnitude out of any other variant, but must be generated 100% innocently. It is rare, even for Cringe Wizards, to create Pure Cringe. It is referred to as "Humphrey" Cringe, as that the most common name for carriers of Pure Cringe, alongside "Tanner", "Hunter", "Hayden" and "Timothy". The highest concentration of Pure Cringe ever recorded was at the end of the Great Cringe Wars in 2004, when Humphrey Tanner-Jones "itsblaidenmaster453" Cucdick did the Charleston on videocamera.

Recursive Cringe
Recursive Cringe or Cringe Cringe is cringe generated in response to different kinds of cringe, generally CCM1C. Carriers of Cringe Cringe are known to be unable to expose the Cringe of others without also inadvertently exposing the cringe within. They do not "generate" cringe, strictly speaking, but rather recycle background cringe into a more concentrated and potent (and dangerous) form.

Wicky-Blicky
Wicky-Blicky is the name given by members of the Cringe Community to their condition. Outside the aul' CC, Wicky-Blicky is a misnomer for Weaponised Cringe, the second-purest form of Cringe. Cringe weaponisers, or Wee Scallops, recognise the cringe inside and, rather than fight or deny it, use it for their own purposes. Wee Scallops populate the many Autonomous Cringe Communities across the world. The name "Weaponised Cringe" comes from its association with Cringe Terrorism (despite Cringe Terrorism accounting for only 4% of worldwide Wicky-Blicky use). Wee Scallops have decided to adopt the term "Autoefficient Cringe" to separate their use of the concept from Cringe Terrorism, but these efforts are unfortunately unrecognised, even in Germany,