In her notes app, 26-year-old Dani Coco has a list. Items include “posing with fish” and “weird flexes.” It’s her list of online dating “icks,” behaviors or profile descriptions that are so instantly ...

If you've ever been on a first — or second, or tenth — date and found yourself cringing over one of your love interest's quirks, then you're not alone. There's a name for that surprising feeling of ...

Have you ever dreamed up your perfect partner? 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 ...

We may all want to be more conscious of the words and sounds we use that turn others off, particularly in work or romantic situations ...

Whether you're a baby boomer or millennial, you're likely struggling to keep up with the times and feeling rather old. Gen Z friends keep coming up with slang words that might be giving you "the ick," ...

Boop! The dictionary has more words now — though some might give you the ick. The Cambridge Dictionary added more than 3,200 words this year — including some Gen Z slang terms that will have some ...

Gen Z’s "The Ick" describes that gut-level disgust at mundane behaviours. The term is dominating the modern dating world.

Why do some people experience a sudden, almost visceral repulsion toward a romantic partner—seemingly out of nowhere? A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences sheds light on ...

Have you ever been on a date where everything seemed fine... until they did that one thing? Maybe they had odd, unbecoming mannerisms, used cringeworthy slang words, or chose an outfit for the date ...

The ick is giving me the ick. In a world of trending dating terminology, "the ick" has proven surprisingly enduring. Headlines like "Three Ways to Combat the Ick" or "Got the Ick?" continue to flood ...