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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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hopsalong · 03/11/2026 22:40

Being on their phones for ages in the loo, especially at work.
Dyed hair. (Peroxide blond or blue or something is OK, but dying to conceal greys, partly because it always looks so much worse than women’s dyed hair.)
Being a shit driver: too fast, too timid, too aggressive, and (my pet peeve) struggling to keep a constant speed, so it’s a bit of accelerator, a bit of brake, etc etc

Puppylucky · 03/11/2026 22:41

laughterworry0 · 02/11/2026 22:56

😂😂😂 leggins is a new one! I’m guilty of a leggin, soz!

Oh my god I've just realised people spelling leggings as leggins is a major ick!

TheDogsNewPinkCollar · 03/11/2026 22:48

MurphysColeslaw · 03/11/2026 22:02

Or a big fuck off pick up

Or a 44 ton HGV like my DP… oooof!!♥️♥️

Duranfan006 · 03/11/2026 23:03

Men wearing parka coats with a flat cap.

Men calling their mum mummy.

Men always having to walk a bit faster than you to get there quicker than you, like you’re in a race.

Men having too long pubes so that when you wank them, you have to smooth the hair away from the penis.

Men talking loudly in the hope that nearby people might join in the conversation or hear how clever he is.

Men getting the hump when your car shows you have a text from someone called George and it turns out to be George at Asda

(All ex boyfriend. I’ll have to NC)

hotmumshit · 03/11/2026 23:06

Duranfan006 · 03/11/2026 23:03

Men wearing parka coats with a flat cap.

Men calling their mum mummy.

Men always having to walk a bit faster than you to get there quicker than you, like you’re in a race.

Men having too long pubes so that when you wank them, you have to smooth the hair away from the penis.

Men talking loudly in the hope that nearby people might join in the conversation or hear how clever he is.

Men getting the hump when your car shows you have a text from someone called George and it turns out to be George at Asda

(All ex boyfriend. I’ll have to NC)

Men having too long pubes so that when you wank them, you have to smooth the hair away from the penis.

😄😄😄😄😄

You are well shot of your ex! Glad you have your freedom!

CeCeDrake · 03/11/2026 23:08

Mumtobabyhavoc · 03/11/2026 22:38

Except bunnies, right? 🐰

Haha when its bunnies, I’ll allow it!

Yetanotherone12 · 04/11/2026 02:37

hotmumshit · 03/11/2026 23:06

Men having too long pubes so that when you wank them, you have to smooth the hair away from the penis.

😄😄😄😄😄

You are well shot of your ex! Glad you have your freedom!

Ok I’ll add uncircumcised men.

i really don’t like it. It doesn’t glide nicely.

i cannot understand how people say cut is more aesthetically pleasing. It isn’t. At all.

Needtocomeupwithabetterusername · 04/11/2026 02:42

Greenmouldycheese · 02/11/2026 22:55

Men and women in skinny jeans, black leggins or any leggins.

Any type of obsession with cars or where its parked.

Needing something they dont like off their plate instead of just leaving it.

Edited

People who can’t spell leggings

Mumtobabyhavoc · 04/11/2026 03:43

Needtocomeupwithabetterusername · 04/11/2026 02:42

People who can’t spell leggings

🤔

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 04/11/2026 03:48

@Duranfan006
"Men having too long pubes so that when you wank them, you have to smooth the hair away from the penis."

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AgentKim · 04/11/2026 05:19

Yetanotherone12 · 03/11/2026 14:32

Inspired by another thread…

people touching me underwater in the swimming pool.

i know you’re there, i will move over as soon as i get chance, and i know you think it makes you a “serious” swimmer, but LEAVE MY FEET ALONE.

always a man as well. Never known a woman do it.

Yes yes yes I hate this when your in the slow lane. Im not a snail but I sure some people are medium swimmers and should not be in the slow lane because its not that busy. So annoying and having my feet touch is horrible.

seanconneryseyebrow · 04/11/2026 05:36

MY DP has several of mine but because he’s so hot and lovely and im loved up I’m (mostly) oblivious.
shouting at chat gpt.

jewellery - chains, bracelet and rings
pop socks
Bouncy walk like he’s a ‘geezer’ .

other icks he defo doesn’t have -
posh accents
posh clothes (eg red trousers, blazers, braces, jumper hung round shoulders, floppy hair).
skinny jeans and ripped jeans
no socks
being mummy obsessed
calling their mum ‘mummy’

hes a PT and wears trackies all the time (lush) and my fave are his grey ones. Always loved a man in grey trackies.

cityliving99 · 04/11/2026 05:50

seanconneryseyebrow · 04/11/2026 05:36

MY DP has several of mine but because he’s so hot and lovely and im loved up I’m (mostly) oblivious.
shouting at chat gpt.

jewellery - chains, bracelet and rings
pop socks
Bouncy walk like he’s a ‘geezer’ .

other icks he defo doesn’t have -
posh accents
posh clothes (eg red trousers, blazers, braces, jumper hung round shoulders, floppy hair).
skinny jeans and ripped jeans
no socks
being mummy obsessed
calling their mum ‘mummy’

hes a PT and wears trackies all the time (lush) and my fave are his grey ones. Always loved a man in grey trackies.

Oh I love a man with a posh English accent. Does it for me every time…

Eristealviper · 04/11/2026 07:05

an old 1 but for some reason never completely eradicated, builders bum (sometimes even workmates seen wincing!??)

using spoon instead of knife

Dragonfly97 · 04/11/2026 08:08

Phrootbaht · 02/11/2026 23:38

Men snorking their phlegm.
Men in sandals.
Men with poor spelling.
Men standing around, drinking pints.
Men chewing gum.
Men.

😆😆😆 this made me laugh for some reason; I hadn't even considered some of these things, but yeah! 😆😆

SnugSloth · 04/11/2026 08:12

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

My partner having a go on our 8 years old electric scooter, he looks like the hunchback of Notre Dame because the scooter is built for a child, I walk away, I can't watch him 😂

Katemax82 · 04/11/2026 08:20

Notellinganyone · 03/11/2026 07:16

Anyone who writes leggins rather than leggings.

I was starting to think I'd spelled it wrong all my life cos everyone on this thread is spelling it leggins

Madingcrown · 04/11/2026 08:27

Yetanotherone12 · 04/11/2026 02:37

Ok I’ll add uncircumcised men.

i really don’t like it. It doesn’t glide nicely.

i cannot understand how people say cut is more aesthetically pleasing. It isn’t. At all.

Should that be 'circumcised'?

Wildywondrous · 04/11/2026 08:45

People playing air instruments.

Dh plays air drums, he crosses his arms to do a few beats then does a flourish across all the invisible drums and finishes on the invisible cymbal.

It pushes me closer to divorce every time

CruCru · 04/11/2026 08:47

SexyFrenchDepression · 03/11/2026 21:52

I don't know, you're probably right but I think a lot are icks as they are fine on some people but that one time someone wears something or says something it completely switches you off them. For others it might be unattractive but doesnt put you off a person. I was terrible in my late teens, I would get the ick so easily, be absolutely mad about someone and then all of a sudden they would do one thing and I couldn't stand them.

Its not always the same for every person either, some people you can cope with them doing those things or looking a certain way but some you just can't. I think some of mine were things I find unattractive but equally make me shudder on some people.

Some of the things listed are proper icks - stuff like wearing a polo shirt or a suit with a backpack. I find these inoffensive but other people do not.

Some of the stuff listed is just plain unattractive - snorting up snot, spitting on the street, smelling of cigarettes. Going off a man because he uses a wheedling voice in the bedroom (ugh) isn’t a random ick, it would put annyone off.

SexyFrenchDepression · 04/11/2026 08:53

CruCru · 04/11/2026 08:47

Some of the things listed are proper icks - stuff like wearing a polo shirt or a suit with a backpack. I find these inoffensive but other people do not.

Some of the stuff listed is just plain unattractive - snorting up snot, spitting on the street, smelling of cigarettes. Going off a man because he uses a wheedling voice in the bedroom (ugh) isn’t a random ick, it would put annyone off.

Or like seeing your husband sat on a see-through plane 😂

But yes you're probably right, although many may find those things attractive, someone is with those men 😱

JHound · 04/11/2026 08:58

shuggles · 03/11/2026 22:22

That one is a bit weird. Why would someone be disgusted by hairy legs or armpits?

Ask those people. But the thing is it’s not unusual and tbh we are all free to dislike whatever we like. It’s not shaming to have likes and dislikes as long as you aren’t a dick in how you express them.

LetsTalkAboutKevinNow · 04/11/2026 09:10

Munchie1965 · 03/11/2026 20:13

Men who like cats?

Yes!!! 😃

Rubydobydo · 04/11/2026 09:16

Men who sit and flick or caress their genitals.
All tattoos, on either sex, especially on neck.
Shirts buttoned to the neck without a tie.
Calling a woman ‘the wife/the missus’ etc.
Long beards (filthy!).
Women and fillers.
Women with obvious breast implants.
Women with over made-up faces.
People in large 4x4 refusing to pull over on single track roads.
I could go on.

CruCru · 04/11/2026 09:48

SexyFrenchDepression · 04/11/2026 08:53

Or like seeing your husband sat on a see-through plane 😂

But yes you're probably right, although many may find those things attractive, someone is with those men 😱

Yeah, that one was a bit of a special ick!