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Give me your most random ‘ick’

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laughterworry0 · 02/11/2026 22:45

I want the weirdest of icks, I’m bored and want a giggle..

I’ll go first…

skinny jeans

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hotmumshit · 03/11/2026 17:00

luckylavender · 03/11/2026 08:33

Mobile phones in the wallet case, so you have the strap across your face when on a call..

Immediately dumped

Blingismything · 03/11/2026 17:11

Men who blow their nose and sound like an elephant or brass instrument
Men who don’t blow their nose at all and sniff/snort or otherwise irritate
100% agree with the folding bike brigade at the station
Using a wallet/purse/cash
More than 0.5mm growth on all nails
Men who look like they have never shaved in their life
Older chaps with grey/white/patchy stubble
Men who like cats
Men who think they are God’s gift to women
Agree with the reactolite glasses, these are slightly acceptable on women

Single50something · 03/11/2026 17:50

Black, smart shoes with jeans..on men especially...my ex favoured the look 🤑

Sharptonguedwoman · 03/11/2026 17:58

hotmumshit · 02/11/2026 22:55

Polo shirts 🤢🤢🤢🤢

Tricky. The go-to uniform for many clubs and the actual uniform of many workers.

TravelMore · 03/11/2026 17:58

laughterworry0 · 02/11/2026 22:58

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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They seem to be favoured by men who appear to have eaten a space hopper

shuggles · 03/11/2026 18:00

Bepo77 · 03/11/2026 06:55

Oh back hair that's a good one too

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Amazing, now natural body hair is somehow disgusting.

Sometimessmiling · 03/11/2026 18:09

Men that spit, and leave a huge glob on the ground. Got out of car today and I saw a man clear his throat very loudly and just spat a huge amount on car park and sauntered off meanwhile I was nearly heaving

Whyamiherenow · 03/11/2026 18:32

Sponges - make my skin crawl;

When people pop / click their fingers - the sound;

When people rub their feet together casually eg when watching tv. The constant fidgetting / sock or skin rubbing noise;

Chewing with mouth open - I never know where to look.

To name a few.

Clarityiskey · 03/11/2026 18:44

People biting their nails in public. Makes me want to throw up!

LightningTree · 03/11/2026 18:50

Randon shop workers calling me babe, darling etc.

Giggorata · 03/11/2026 18:53

Anyone blowing a raspberry - I can't stand it. I have to move away and rub my forehead to get rid of the awful feeling.
Yes, I am ND.

JJWT · 03/11/2026 19:10

People who think thin cheap leggings is "clothed". Fanny flaps and arse fat in ya face! May as well be naked.

JustMeAndTheFish · 03/11/2026 19:22

Guy sitting on the edge of the bed after a shower drying carefully between each toe BECAUSE MUMMY TAUGHT HIM THAT WAY.
Sorry for shouting .. my brain can’t unsee this and gets angsty just thinking about it.

hotmumshit · 03/11/2026 19:32

Sharptonguedwoman · 03/11/2026 17:58

Tricky. The go-to uniform for many clubs and the actual uniform of many workers.

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Gross unfortunately, I dont make the rules

Especially the hairy men at my local b&q 🤢🤢 with their grubby shirts and chest hair sticking out 🤢

AnotherUserNameNotAvailable · 03/11/2026 19:36

Men who stand with their legs together when standing still.

Chocolatefreak · 03/11/2026 19:36

CharityShopMensGlasses · 03/11/2026 02:04

Ok maybe just me but...

-Slip on canvas shoes. I can smell how your feet are going to smell from here.

-long nails.

-Not being hairy. I know this is the opposite for many women.

-Sleep talking in a high pitched voice. Don't emasculate yourself in your dreams please. 😅

-Those that want special treatment/ seek out named treatment in cafes/restaurants/shops. If its just a couple of places they know the people in for a chat thats fine...and I think this is because I'm shy but ... eeeech ick I really do not want to see you behave like mummy's little prince. 🤢🤢

-Grandiosity/ getting all pompous about their kids 'oh he wouldnt eat anything at all from Aldi...Oh they wouldn't be seen dead in those'. Probably also an ick about women. But just dont be proud about this. Tell me they're kind, tell me their interests and if you need to their achievements, but please dont tell me how proud you are that you have raised them to be snobbish.

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With you on hairlessness.

PeppyMintCat · 03/11/2026 19:37

Being called 'Lee'
'Gawjus'
'How's u'
40 year old men with bellies and man boobs wearing Montirex

Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 03/11/2026 19:40

Legs swinging on a rollercoaster

Dorsetisbeautiful · 03/11/2026 19:49

I snogged a guy at a party and we agreed to spend the weekend in his home town (he lived four hours away). As soon as I got off the coach I got the ick. He was wearing some cheap nasty aviator imitation sunglasses. I had to spend the weekend there fending him off and when I got home I wrote to say it was over.

Muffsies · 03/11/2026 19:49

If a guy doesn't shave right into the corners of his mouth (if he shaves, i don't mind beard/tash). I can't stand it when there are a few stray hairs that got missed by the razor, surely he can feel the bristles there, it's so distracting and i hate it!

Similarly if a woman has huge clumps of mascara clinging to her lashes. I don't understand how she can stand it, surely they get in her vision, was that the look she was going for, how do you even get big clumps like that?? So annoying!

CharityShopMensGlasses · 03/11/2026 19:52

Chocolatefreak · 03/11/2026 19:36

With you on hairlessness.

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Glad its not just me 😂.
Love a hairy man.

I guess the plus is we all have such different picks that there must be someone for everyone.

Baconisawesome · 03/11/2026 19:56

People that use the phrase ‘ick’

PinotPony · 03/11/2026 19:58

Men whose dating profile says they are looking to meet “females”.

Bitten or dirty fingernails.

Men who do not know how to correctly use an apostrophe.

hotmumshit · 03/11/2026 20:04

Baconisawesome · 03/11/2026 19:56

People that use the phrase ‘ick’

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SexyFrenchDepression · 03/11/2026 20:05

TheIntricaciesOfHarpUpkeepAndMaintenance · 02/11/2026 22:59

Gold chains. Any sort of chain is awful, but a man wearing a gold chain genuinely makes me feel a bit ill.

This reminds me of my holiday, we were in Morocco for the day and were told men arent allowed to wear gold as they aren't supposed to dress like women 😂 clearly an ick in Morocco also 😂