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To completely hate the new work ick

42 replies

Goldengirl123 · 01/08/2025 20:54

I won’t even read the posts when people use this ridiculous word in the title

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BusySittingDown · 01/08/2025 21:22

You need to edit your title.

It's not new, it's been going donkeys!

I like it. It's the perfect description of things that are...well...icky.

Dangermoo · 01/08/2025 21:20

Screamingabdabz · 01/08/2025 21:18

I actually think it describes the feeling perfectly. It’s a good word.

Well, women have been used to being on the receiving end of men's observations, in a woman, so I'm happy to return the pisstaking.

soupyspoon · 01/08/2025 21:20

ilovesooty · 01/08/2025 21:16

I'd never seen it used before it became prevalent on here. It sounds pretty juvenile to me.

Agreed.

Empress13 · 01/08/2025 21:19

Thought your title meant you hated your new job !

Dangermoo · 01/08/2025 21:19

Well best leave those of us, with a sense of humour, to enjoy the threads.

Screamingabdabz · 01/08/2025 21:18

I actually think it describes the feeling perfectly. It’s a good word.

IlovePhilMitchell · 01/08/2025 21:18

I think it’s the perfect word for what it describes and it’s been used for years. What word would you use instead?

ilovesooty · 01/08/2025 21:16

I'd never seen it used before it became prevalent on here. It sounds pretty juvenile to me.

nomas · 01/08/2025 21:16

It’s great, I wish it had been around when I was in my 20s so I could articulate why I didn’t like a man.

Do you hate it because it’s mostly used by women about men?

R0ckandHardPlace · 01/08/2025 21:16

It’s definitely not new. My adult daughters used it when they were kids.

FinancialThyme · 01/08/2025 21:13

ElCorazon · 01/08/2025 21:11

Which was when? 5 years ago? 15 years ago? 30 years ago?

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It was 5 years ago. I'm obviously 12... 🙄

I remember it being used probably around 2003? Is that ok with you?

It's not new.

ElCorazon · 01/08/2025 21:11

FinancialThyme · 01/08/2025 21:08

I don't think it's new, is it? I remember it being used when I was in primary school.

Which was when? 5 years ago? 15 years ago? 30 years ago?

FinancialThyme · 01/08/2025 21:08

I don't think it's new, is it? I remember it being used when I was in primary school.

Simonjt · 01/08/2025 21:03

Its similar to yuk, unless you’re three or younger you really shouldn’t be saying it.

popcornpower2025 · 01/08/2025 21:02

Language evolves, new words come in to usage all the time. Keep up or don't but ridiculous to moan about it

Thepeopleversuswork · 01/08/2025 21:00

It's massively over-used at the moment. Like a lot of these suddenly fasionable words, there's a bit of mission creep going on. In its proper usage it means going off someone sexually/emotionally because of a glimpse at some of their behaviour which is a turn-off.

But its now extrapolated out to everything from getting a bad feeling about a potential job to disliking an area.

I can't get as excited as you about it though. It has its place.

corlan · 01/08/2025 20:57

But you've used it in the title?