The ick is a word derived from yuck English, in French, “beurk”. The Expression getting the ick illustrates the feeling that invades us when our attraction to someone suddenly turns into strong repulsion, explains The Guardian. This can happen at any time and for very different causes, details the columnist of the British title:
“It’s an unconscious instinctive reaction, which denotes cellular incompatibility, but which is not related to the possession of an Android smartphone!”
It could be her partner laughing, a personal habit of hers, like not using a pillow case or cutting her nails anywhere. Sometimes it’s about this “the same quality that seduced us at the start but which now has the opposite effect”, continues The Guardian.
History and origin
The concept of ick is not new. Series Ally McBeal evoked it as early as the 1990s and an episode of Sex and the City was even dedicated to him in 2004. ickiness [l’ickité] recently came back into the discussions “since the term became a common phrase on the reality show Love Island. (Ainsi, Priya Gopaldas