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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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TroysMammy · 04/11/2026 09:52

Grey jogging bottoms. People who wear them have either given up on life or have been in prison.

TheThirteenthFairy · 04/11/2026 10:13

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/11/2026 07:21

People not pronouncing vowels in words or names. eg A-Meel-ya rather than A-mee-lia. Gabe-rel rather that Gabe-ree-el

Li-bree. Feb-ree.

Okbyethen · 04/11/2026 10:21

I was at a football match in Europe recently and the man in front of me had a glass of white wine. At the football.

Didn't realise it was an ick till he came back to his seat with his glass of Chardonnay 😄

TheThirteenthFairy · 04/11/2026 10:28

iloveanearlynight · 03/11/2026 08:33

Saying 'th' as 'f' is hideous. As in 'fought, free, fink...'

Also 'g' as 'k'. Some fink.

Yes! And have you noticed the missing 'l'? Only becomes ony, fulfill becomes fufill, all is aw, he'll is heer- I heard a mum on the bus say that she wouldn't ask her child to move seats because 'sheer kick off'. RIP Patrick Stewart for many reasons, especially his diction.

TheThirteenthFairy · 04/11/2026 10:32

Wednesdaysotherchild · 03/11/2026 09:07

Lenor Outdoorsbles & all the other strongly scented laundry products.

And those room 'fresheners' that squirt pongs at you.

Birdshitbridgegotme · 04/11/2026 10:33

men with huge muscles that think they’re gods gift. all got that Same haircut,same tattoos, skinny jeans and loafers with no socks. Deep v neck tops shirt. Ewww just nooooo.
don’t get me wrong I love men with tatts but just not the ones previously mentioned 🤣

secretrocker · 04/11/2026 10:48

Someone mentioned men who won't eat veg, I agree.
Makes them seem like a toddler manchild.
A friend's husband said he would never eat anything green, like it was a macho badge of honour.

Also small men who drive massive trucks called "Warrior" or similar.

AgentKim · 04/11/2026 10:55

LetsTalkAboutKevinNow · 04/11/2026 09:10

Yes!!! 😃

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That's strange. I like anyone who likes animals especially cats.

AnExcessofConfidence · 04/11/2026 10:57

Men holding really skinny pint glasses. It's not their fault, I just find it so disgusting.

Dovecare · 04/11/2026 11:19

When i was a young teen in the 1960s it was what shoes he was wearing.

DosPerros · 04/11/2026 11:26

Agree with skanky grey joggers, only in the UK.
Double ick when men walk along with hands down front of skanky grey joggers
Again only in the UK.
What is wrong with these men?

MurphysColeslaw · 04/11/2026 11:29

TheDogsNewPinkCollar · 03/11/2026 22:48

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

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Don’t get me started, I had a ‘thing’ with a lorry driver and now get strangely eroticised when I see a Scania 😁

Gossipisgood · 04/11/2026 11:37

Men who wear ankle socks with sliders, yuk ick ick

TheDogsNewPinkCollar · 04/11/2026 11:38

Aahhh, yes, DP is a huge fan of the Scanny🚛. but hes in a Renault at the moment 😕
I just love going out on the road with him, its a whole new world, you can see for miles over walls and hedges and watch the weather changing.
He tramps, so i get the bonus of the house and bed to my self all week!
Sometimes I just sit and watch him drive and hes so relaxed driving this huge wagon and i just love it! 🔥

TheDogsNewPinkCollar · 04/11/2026 11:42

DosPerros · 04/11/2026 11:26

Agree with skanky grey joggers, only in the UK.
Double ick when men walk along with hands down front of skanky grey joggers
Again only in the UK.
What is wrong with these men?

Yes!
Why are they always elbow-deep down the front of the bloody things, twiddling around? They do it blatantly, as if other people cant possibly see them!
A youth was doing it in the next queue to me in The Range… i was tempted to go and get him a dog toy to meddle with instead! Yuk!
Their hands! 🤮

Youcantrustchocolate · 04/11/2026 11:42

Mushroomsinlawn · 02/11/2026 23:51

If I’m standing behind some guy in a queue who has his boxers on display above the waistband of his trousers I have the urge to do like when my now 45 year old son was a toddler . I want to step forward in the queue, grab them by the waistband and shake them down into their trousers. It worries me that one day I’ll lose my concentration in the post office queue and end up being arrested 😆

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This has got to be one of the funniest things I have read in ages. 😂😂 I forget doing that to my son, but you have brought the memory back. Thank you.

OrlandointheWilderness · 04/11/2026 12:02

Jogging bottoms.
short sleeved shirts (just roll your sleeves up men! Far sexier 😂)
skinny jeans on men
crocs
polo shirts buttoned up (Gavin from Gavin and Stacy)
collarless shirts

OrlandointheWilderness · 04/11/2026 12:08

MurphysColeslaw · 03/11/2026 22:02

Or a big fuck off pick up

Love a manly man in a big fuck off pick up.

never forget the disappointment when meeting my XBF (farmer) who turned up to date in in a Citroen C1.

DH has a massive pick up. And a schoffel gilet. And rolls his sleeves up. And drives tractors. So so hot!

he's also unfailingly kind and thinks I’m amazing for some reason 😂

Rubydobydo · 04/11/2026 13:15

OrlandointheWilderness · 04/11/2026 12:08

Love a manly man in a big fuck off pick up.

never forget the disappointment when meeting my XBF (farmer) who turned up to date in in a Citroen C1.

DH has a massive pick up. And a schoffel gilet. And rolls his sleeves up. And drives tractors. So so hot!

he's also unfailingly kind and thinks I’m amazing for some reason 😂

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My DH has all these things too but persists in looking like a tramp most days. But with Le Chameau wellies ‘cos you got to look after your feet…

Fluffybagel · 04/11/2026 13:16

SexyFrenchDepression · 03/11/2026 20:23

That basically every man from where I am from 😂😱

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😂😂😂 oh no!!

Muffsies · 04/11/2026 13:33

secretrocker · 04/11/2026 10:48

Someone mentioned men who won't eat veg, I agree.
Makes them seem like a toddler manchild.
A friend's husband said he would never eat anything green, like it was a macho badge of honour.

Also small men who drive massive trucks called "Warrior" or similar.

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ANY man or woman who drives a huge SUV/ truck as their family car.

Sorry, i hate piling-on 'small men' when big men (and women) are just as repellent when they do all that "I'm so important and macho" BS.

I love a small man on a bike tho; they absolutely fly - big men look like awkward lumps on top of a bike frame.

SexyFrenchDepression · 04/11/2026 13:36

Fluffybagel · 04/11/2026 13:16

😂😂😂 oh no!!

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You get used to it, the accent here is basically cockney with a slight West country twang 😂

OrlandointheWilderness · 04/11/2026 13:36

@Rubydobydo I think it massively helps that mine works in the agricultural sales sector but (and this is the key I reckon) isn’t actually a farmer 😂 he’s always very well turned out.
unless he is in his pjs threatening to go to Aldi wearing crocs 😂

Hiredgun · 04/11/2026 13:45

Women with so much fake tan, they look like an Oompa Loompa.

People who talk about their bowel habits

Random hairs on faces

Women who shave every last hair off their pubic region

The smell of McDonalds and other fast food restaurants

Women who act like princesses, especially those who dress up or have cuddly toys

Women with hairy top lips

Women who cake themselves in make up

Feet in general

Women with hairy pits

Bingo wings

Bad teeth

MeAndTheDoggo · 04/11/2026 13:45

MurphysColeslaw · 03/11/2026 21:47

This made me laugh, although I can’t imagine you encounter its use much? 😁

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Believe me, if I detect it being said, I run a mile. Didn’t realise it’s relevant to both wildlife and body 🤣🤣