What gives you the ick? Light hearted.

Ali08

MaggieMaybe

I'm like that with wooden utensils, stirrers and lolly sticks.
I use the wrapper to hold the stick on ice lollies. My family do the stirring for me or I use a serviette to hold them.
I seem to be ok with varnished wooden handles, but not with raw wood. It just gives me a horrible feeling!

That’s exactly how it is with me, Ali08.

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

The ick is discussed frequently on Mumsnet, particularly when discussing their online dates when they meet up with them the first time.

Ooops wrong 😑 quote!

BigBertha1

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

The ick is discussed frequently on Mumsnet, particularly when discussing their online dates when they meet up with them the first time.

Jewellery being pronounced as joolery. It seems a whole load of people just can't say it!

Burglarized - the Americans usually remove a letter bug in this case they've made the word burgled longer. 🤣 It still gets to me, though.

People chewing with their mouths open, unless there's a medical reason for it in which case they're exempt!

Talking with food in their mouths.

That sort of velvety wool EEEEEEEEK, NOPE!! It looks so soft and nice, but it doesn't feel right.

MaggieMaybe

I'm like that with wooden utensils, stirrers and lolly sticks.
I use the wrapper to hold the stick on ice lollies. My family do the stirring for me or I use a serviette to hold them.
I seem to be ok with varnished wooden handles, but not with raw wood. It just gives me a horrible feeling!

Dog poo hung on trees (well just dog poo generally…)

In my dating days, one rather lovely potential boyfriend only lasted one date because of his shoes. Those thick ones with stitching which looked like he was wearing Cornish pasties. Ick

I dont like the neck tatts, that look as if the person has had a head transplant.
The whole neck filled in up to their chin, almost.

Also, the stretched earlobe so you can see through to the other side.

Too many tattoos, especially a tattooed face and tattooed all over a bald head.

Ick, ick, ick.

In that case, then, its hairy nostrils.
Particularly ones witj hairs that poke out of said nostrils.

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

Aha! All is explained here.

I'm still not sure what the ick is.
I thought it was to do with in a partner, or potential partner.

The term "the ick" - rather babyish, I think .
Other childish words like boobs, willy, tummy.
Spitting
People not being able to use cutlery correctly
Smoking

eddiecat78

Am I the only one who describes this as "setting my teeth on edge"?
The obvious one is fingernails on a blackboard

oh yes, when DH stirs a pot of soup ( in a metal pan) with a fork ( no, i don't know why), the squeaks..........

Am I the only one who describes this as "setting my teeth on edge"?
The obvious one is fingernails on a blackboard

I can't stand it when people wear strong perfumes in confined spaces. Youth Dew is so cloying it makes me want to fling a window open and stick my head out for fresh air. When he lived at home teenage son polluted upstairs every morning with great blasts of Lynx deodorant.

JamesandJon33

Hairy men in vests, and showing hairy toes in flip -flops.

I love hairy men in vests!
There should be more vest wearing amongst the hirsute, i think.

Some fabrics, such as shiny polyester (as in cheap ties) give me the ick, can't abide the squeak of polystyrene either. But the real, back of the calves tingle of ick goes to children running with anything sharp.

One thing guaranteed to make me heave is the sound of someone with thick mucus; there was a reporter reading the news a few weeks ago who was obviously chock full and in need of a good blow of his nose, and it made my eyes water (and stomach lurch) just hearing it. Had to turn it off.

Oh, and I used to love Ally McBeal!

Hairy men in vests, and showing hairy toes in flip -flops.

I’m sure most of us know very well what the ick is. We’re just going along with what the OP obviously wanted - a light-hearted discussion about what makes our skin crawl.

Perhaps this might explain it to posters who still don’t get it.

www.shape.com/lifestyle/sex-and-love/what-is-the-ick#:~:text=%22The%20ick%20tends%20to%20be,and%20co%2Dfounder%20of%20The

I’ve a feeling in my water that it will confuse some 🤦🏼‍♀️

If some of the posts on here have the wrong end of the ick, what will posters make of the comment, ‘Granny slaps!’ 🤔😂

merlotgran

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 😂😂

Merlotgran
I had that feeling when I posted 😂 Why bother 🤷‍♀️