He's soft-spoken, romantic and …. wait, he's into live-action role-play? Ick! (Or ... maybe not?) It's a catchall for turnoffs large and small, and a difficult phenomenon to shake, those ...

There's a name for that surprising feeling of unpleasantness you get when you see a prospective partner doing something awkward, gross, or embarrassing: the ick. According to Merriam-Webster ...

In modern dating, the “ick” is primarily experienced by women and feared by men. The term has gone viral on social media in recent years. It describes a feeling of disgust toward the actions ...

This phenomenon, called ‘getting the ick’, refers to a sudden, visceral feeling of disgust towards someone you’re romantically interested in. Now, scientists have revealed that experiencing ...

A new study looked at what triggers 'the ick' — the disgust a person feels towards someone they used to find attractive Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

No wonder, then, that you may give women the 'ick', a sudden feeling of disgust towards a partner that comes from nowhere and spells the inevitable and immediate end of a budding romance.

Any trace of romantic or sexual interest I had in this man disappeared in that moment. What gives me the ick and what gives you the ick can be worlds apart. From wearing acrylic nails to laughing ...

Psychologists may have identified the top trigger of "the ick" for women—and it's a tie between saying annoying things and being misogynistic. The researchers, from the Azusa Pacific University ...

"The ick" is a slang term for feeling suddenly repulsed by a romantic partner — and according to the former first daughter, it's not a totally foreign concept to her Jamie McCarthy/Getty Jenna ...

Fortunately and unfortunately, getting the "ick" can come out of nowhere. First We Feast / Complex / Via giphy.com But whatever it is, we all *definitely* have some of our own icks that we've ...