Your lighthearted icks

[Kibble29]

I do hate the word ick but I’m not sure there’s an alternative!

So, nice and lightheartedly, what are yours?

For me, it’s men sitting down to pee and when people put their left arm round the passenger headrest as they reverse a car. Both just make me cringe! 😨

Men who don’t show any emotion in life except when it comes to football and they’re crying their eyes out over England missing a penalty.

Anyone using the word "snog"

Anyone who refers to adults as boyfriend/girlfriend

Yes! 100% ick!

Men who give me the ick:

small hands, long hair, long nails, piercings, tattoos, poor table manners, potty mouthed in public, right wing, gammon-faced, poor hygiene, stained teeth, hairy nostrils, skinny legs, beer bellies, drunk, loud, pompous, snobby, smokers, fast drivers, lazy, miserly, gamblers, drug takers, manspreaders, mansplainers, creeps, bullies, trainspotters, gamers, history re-enactors, nail-biters, golfers, pub bores, Corbyn fans, Farage fans, racists, homophobes, sexists...

I could go on 😂

I was willing to accept your point until I saw that your under name has the phrase “oi oi” in it.

Painted or fake nails, I've never painted my nails! Just turns my stomach.

I think it wasn't helped by that cooking show two fat ladies with the one always mushing stuff up with her hands and bright red nail polish on

This is why I can't watch Merry Berry. She sticks her hand in food with long nails and rings!😱

Do you hate "appree-see-ate" for "appreciate" as well?! I do!

My ex used to throw little hissy fits when things weren't working (his laptop was slow or something broke) physical little fits where he'd shake his fists and squirm around and grunt a bit. Like he couldn't process his anger so he'd have to do a little physical rage dance. (Never violent or anything just really embarrassing). I had to look away, it was so gross. 🤮

Oh and the shout sneeze. Why do men of a certain age feel the need to shout when they sneeze? Shut up.

My husband, whenever he says "I'll swill that plate off" or "let me swill that cup out" I vomit in my mouth a little.

I find it an ick when men don't drink water but will have a pint of squash or a can of Rio or something. Seems so childish.

Is that an ick?

Isn't the thought of them standing up and maybe missing worse? Surely sitting down is much nicer if less commonplace. Women generally sit down afterall.

Over use of some words, such as 'big', 'super' and 'literally'.

Using baby language

One ex had to go when he came round for dinner and said. "Ooooh steak. YUM"

My ick is children using the word 'pee'. 'Wee' is acceptable as is saying they need the loo or toilet or bathroom

How do you expect a Midwife to remember the names of probably 15 "Mums" and "Babies" she's looking after for that shift?
BTW How do you manage it ?

Yup, it's an only on Mumsnet candidate. I prefer a bath, except for hair wash

Do we cross our legs differently then? I'd never noticed

What does "ick" mean in slang?

a sudden feeling of disgust or dislike
the ick, Slang. a sudden feeling of disgust or dislike, often in response to the actions of another person: I once got the ick when a guy I was dating used an emoji that annoyed me. the ick, Chiefly British Informal.

Yes.

OMG this drives me mad! I frequently listen to LBC at night and if someone phones in and keeps saying 'like', 'know what I mean','you know' or the one the one that makes me want to scream,ending each sentence with 'yeah, right',I end up having to turn the radio off. I think it just shows a lack of vocabulary when someone speaks like this.

Gosh I feel like an entitled, selfish, evil monster now because I have regular baths at the moment. I tend to switch to baths when I'm depressed because it's less effort to wash my hair. And no, sometimes I don't rinse it properly! I really am a monster.

Well that discounts just about the entire male population! 😂

@Printedword

Generally women would cross their legs, knee over knee, legs parallel.
Men would maybe put a foot on the other knee as a wide cross.

To me, it looks really feminine and gross when men cross their legs tight!