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Such studies are also susceptible to research bias, especially when background factors predispose the investigator to view FGC outside its cultural context (a circumstance referred to colloquially as the "ick factor").
Drainage from the ears is an "ick " factor that compounds the awfulness of the fever and earache typically brought on by a middle ear infection.
The poor little Korean girls, the size of children, sitting in those fetid pamper-pits breathing in goodness knows what chemicals all day, while painting the podgy paws of stupid white chicks – ick ! Whisper about THAT on Radio 2, Whiley, you dunce!
Whilst amateur anthropologists will argue that men of all ages are programmed to find teenage girls sexually desirable (ick ) and therefore one's beauty DOES indeed hinge on how closely one resembles a sixteen year old, all this serves to do is further reinforce the notion that a woman 's success is directly proportional to her beauty and her beauty is indicated by how many people wish to shag her.
Before, it's choking," Elbaz said, "un petit peu ick !" They decided that there would be a platform, like a small stage, where women could look at themselves in the mirror under chandeliers — but, crucially, only two chandeliers.
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We can get into the ick factor, but the fact is two men in a relationship, two women in a relationship, biologically, that doesn't work the same".
Similar to parents of small children trying to get them to eat more vegetables, Lewis and Sewitz understand that enticing people into eating crickets may involve rendering them unrecognizable, thus avoiding the "ick factor".
The Farrelly brothers laid claim to the ick factor in their 1998 hit, "There's Something About Mary".
(It's worth noting, too, that there is a curious lack of grunge onstage; although the majority of the characters in "Hair" supposedly spend most of their time rolling around in a New York City park, they look as though dirty fingernails ick them out).
Other experts addressed the ick factor.
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The primary grammatical function of "ick" is that of an interjection , used to express a sudden feeling or emotion, in this case, disgust or revulsion. Ludwig examples confirm its use as a standalone expression of distaste.
Expression frequency: Very common
