{"id":5491,"date":"2022-04-21T12:49:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eslgarneau-rfisher.profweb.ca\/?page_id=5491"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:41:58","slug":"cringe-corner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/cringe-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cringe Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5491\" class=\"elementor elementor-5491\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60b9ef1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60b9ef1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8de5f9e\" data-id=\"8de5f9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c12558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c12558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-300x201.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4280\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3907760-1-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a523ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a523ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10fe949\" data-id=\"10fe949\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f32a82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f32a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">So you took the dare!\u00a0 Welcome to <strong><em>Cringe Corner<\/em><\/strong>!\u00a0 In this section you will find music videos that are downright <em>cringeworthy<\/em>.\u00a0 Other adjectives which <strong>may apply<\/strong> include: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/corny\"><em>corny<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/schmaltz\"><em>schmaltzy<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/awkward\"><em>awkward<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/unfunny\"><em>unfunny<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/cliched\"><em>clich\u00e9d<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/cheesy\"><em>cheesy<\/em><\/a><\/span>, <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/creepy\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>creepy<\/em><\/span><\/a>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/dated\">dated<\/a> <\/span>and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/hokey\">hokey<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Each video is accompanied by a fill-in-the blanks lyrics exercise so that you can follow along and improve your English (and avert your eyes).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3610494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3610494\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2765271\" data-id=\"2765271\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9741806 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"9741806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=mHONNcZbwDY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-186e4e1\" data-id=\"186e4e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062ba4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"062ba4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Hello by Lionel Richie<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><a style=\"color: #00ff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/ENGLISH-GRAMMAR-LAB.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/hello-by-lionel-richie\/\">Lyrics Exercise<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Hello?\u00a0 WTH?\u00a0 Who knows what Lionel Richie was thinking when he made this video about a teacher falling in love with and then <em>stalking <\/em>his blind pottery student.\u00a0 A true compost heap of cheese, corn and cringe.\u00a0 No wonder it once won the designation of being the worst video of all time!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb7815d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb7815d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e95f77\" data-id=\"9e95f77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-facb6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"facb6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddbc0d7\" data-id=\"ddbc0d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77445cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77445cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><a style=\"color: #00ff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/ENGLISH-GRAMMAR-LAB.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/never-gonna-give-you-up-by-rick-astley\/\">Lyrics Exercise<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Does this video need any introduction?\u00a0 At over a <strong>billion<\/strong> views (yep &#8211; you read right), chances are you have already had the displeasure of seeing this cringefest.\u00a0 Perhaps you have also had the misfortune of being <a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rickrolling\"><em>Rickrolled<\/em><\/a>?\u00a0 Ha!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-122d34e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"122d34e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af6418b\" data-id=\"af6418b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93fffd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"93fffd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/JhY9GOhFwN4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9c8c6e\" data-id=\"c9c8c6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2764f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd2764f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Turbo Lover by Judas Priest<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><a style=\"color: #00ff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/ENGLISH-GRAMMAR-LAB.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/turbo-lover-by-judas-priest\/\">Lyrics Exercise<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dudes in leather playing guitars and racing Harley Davidsons, a topless skeleton, special effects that have not aged well &#8211; this video offers a delightful array of cringe.\u00a0 Not the finest moment for these pioneers of heavy metal!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0f78a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0f78a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5702172\" data-id=\"5702172\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dae45d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"4dae45d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/PGNiXGX2nLU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f0ffae\" data-id=\"6f0ffae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262c220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262c220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;\"><strong><span>You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><a style=\"color: #00ff00;\" href=\"http:\/\/eslgarneau-rfisher.profweb.ca\/you-spin-me-round-like-a-record-by-dead-or-alive\/\">Lyrics Exercise<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Beware!\u00a0 You may need to take a long hot shower after seeing this steaming pile of you-know-what.\u00a0 Men in makeup, disco balls and a Boy George\/Blackbeard the pirate hybrid doing an eerie dance evocative of the six-armed deity Vishnu (with creepy Edward Scissorhands fingernails).\u00a0 Definitely a contender for top spot on the cringe list!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f32e544 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f32e544\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6a115b\" data-id=\"c6a115b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e14189 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"7e14189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-grimace\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you took the dare!\u00a0 Welcome to Cringe Corner!\u00a0 In this section you will find music videos that are downright cringeworthy.\u00a0 Other adjectives which may apply include: corny, schmaltzy, awkward, unfunny, clich\u00e9d, cheesy, creepy, dated and hokey.\u00a0\u00a0Each video is accompanied by a fill-in-the blanks lyrics exercise so that you can follow along and improve your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"iawp_total_views":45,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5491","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5491"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9271,"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5491\/revisions\/9271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lab.cegepgarneau.ca\/eslgarneau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}