What gives you the ick? Light hearted.

So agree with Petra - cooking shows have them, advertisements have them - horrendous. I remember years ago that there was a woman who was showing football players how to behave (they had no idea) after they started earning mega bucks. Brilliant. Everyone should follow it. And please, please include the ghastly exposure of tattoos. If you want to self-harm, keep it under cover. Someone said years ago that she had a tattoo of a pheasant on her arm and that now, 30 years later, it looks more like road kill!!! Young take note!!

petra

The word was first coined in the tv show Ali McBeal
It’s got nothing to do with likes and dislikes. It’s related to dating, ie, a certain feeling you get from someone.
My example is from many years ago when I fancied one of the compositors like mad, then one day I saw that he wore white socks 😱. That’s the ick

I think you’re wasting your time, petra 😂😂

I never stand a knife that way up in the drainer. All cutlery is placed smallest end down.

Body Odour 🤢

Ick= yuk? We use yucky more. Or,simply, crap. I think honey is yucky. Tried to like it but, no. Nasty sickly stuff.

petra

The word was first coined in the tv show Ali McBeal
It’s got nothing to do with likes and dislikes. It’s related to dating, ie, a certain feeling you get from someone.
My example is from many years ago when I fancied one of the compositors like mad, then one day I saw that he wore white socks 😱. That’s the ick

Oh, I see.

When you used to go on a date with someone (in the dim and distant past) and noticed that they held their knife like a pen 😀

The word was first coined in the tv show Ali McBeal
It’s got nothing to do with likes and dislikes. It’s related to dating, ie, a certain feeling you get from someone.
My example is from many years ago when I fancied one of the compositors like mad, then one day I saw that he wore white socks 😱. That’s the ick

People chewing gum.....it does make me heave.

Sparklefizz

Remember the days when we would just say "I don't like ...." ?

Who invented the icky word "ick" ?

A baby word for sick
I laughed flappergirl at the grey shortbread biscuit and shuddered at the same time.
The thought of eating anything a small child made🤢

When I used to work in offices I hated the smell of other people's lunch. I don't mean sandwiches but leftovers from their previous night's meal warmed up in the communal kitchen's microwave. I found the pungent odour of last night's curry or casserole really unpleasant.

I was recently offered a shortbread biscuit that had been made at nursery school by next door neighbour's 3 year old. It was grey and sent a shudder through me. I very politely declined.

I know I must sound like Hyacinth Bucket but I'm really not. I wouldn't be so unkind or rude to comment on either of the above scenarios but, nonetheless, ick!

Nail biting

People not covering their sneeze.

Rats, alive or dead. Candy floss. Raw egg whites.

Wrong end of the ick

Cotton wool !

.....What word did we use before 'ick' came into being?"

My mother used to say something gave her the dry heaves.

What gives me the dry heaves/ick is people chewing gum and, double-ick, blowing bubbles with gum. 🤮

merlotgran

I think you’ve misunderstood the meaning of being given the ick.

Wrong end of the ick

I think you mean ick rather than icky

VioletSky

Do you mean that skin crawling feeling?

Having to touch certain fabrics just sends all my nerves endings into some sort of tantrum

I have a similar thing with wooden spoons. Can’t bear to touch them. I’ve had to start carrying a set of plastic cutlery in my bag in case I’m ever presented with those hideous bamboo spoons and forks while I’m out. I can’t have a Magnum at the theatre either - at home I cut them off the stick (while wearing my Marigolds 😊).

Remember the days when we would just say "I don't like ...." ?

Who invented the icky word "ick" ?

Do you mean that skin crawling feeling?

Having to touch certain fabrics just sends all my nerves endings into some sort of tantrum

Bad table manners.

Blossoming

I have a confession. There is a Gransnetter whose username gives me the ick. Obviously I’m not going to say who it is …

Roflmao.
I'm going to be taking more notice of names now. Haha.

What word did we use before 'ick' came into being?

Spitting. I can’t abide it, it’s the most disgusting habit ever.

I have a confession. There is a Gransnetter whose username gives me the ick. Obviously I’m not going to say who it is …