Women confess the specific things men do that give them the 'ick': 'When he wears a t-shirt and nothing else'

By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia

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Women are sharing the 'funniest' and most outrageous things men do that give them the ick. 

From long fingernails to air guitar and even pushing a 'pull' door, women have confessed the specific turn-offs that make them cringe. 

An 'ick' is a quirk someone displays that makes a partner or date recoil but has no immediate bearing on the relationship. 

Sometimes they are things people can get over but once someone 'gets the ick' they are often unable to continue dating their partner. 

'What are your funniest icks? Mine is him chasing after a rogue ping-pong ball,' sexual health educator Calee Shea, known as Get Cliterate, asked on her popular Instagram page. 

Women are sharing their funniest and most outrageous 'icks' in men from air guitar to pushing a pull door and even chasing a rogue ping pong ball

Women are sharing their funniest and most outrageous 'icks' in men from air guitar to pushing a pull door and even chasing a rogue ping pong ball

One user said she doesn't like men with long fingernails and a second gets th ick when someone abbreviates breakfast to 'brekkie'

One user said she doesn't like men with long fingernails and a second gets th ick when someone abbreviates breakfast to 'brekkie'

The question drew in hundreds of hilarious responses including from one woman who said: 'Doing fake golf air swings or baseballs swings randomly'. 

'Too intense of eye contact trying to make something a 'moment',' a second wrote. 

'Men in any sandal. I don't want to see his toes,' said a third while another answered: 'Grown-a** men who will not eat vegetables'. 

Someone else added: 'A man in a t-shirt and nothing else'. 

One user said she doesn't like men with long fingernails and a second gets the ick when someone abbreviates breakfast to 'brekkie'. 

'Magic tricks. I've been to three completely different dates and they all wanted to show me card tricks but literally everyone did it wrong the first time so they needed to start over,' one laughed.    

''All was perfect then his phone rang. His ringtone was Mr Brightside,' said one woman while another answered: 'Grown-a** men who will not eat vegetables'

''All was perfect then his phone rang. His ringtone was Mr Brightside,' said one woman while another answered: 'Grown-a** men who will not eat vegetables'

Women share more of the funniest icks they get from men

'Saw a guy the other day working under the hood of a lifted truck and his feet were dangling above the ground. Just little legs kicking around.'

'Running with a backpack on.' 

'Some dude started singing Where Did You Sleep Last Night while we were driving. Turned down the music to do it and everything.'

'When their nose whistles when breathing.' 

'Biking outfits.'

'When he asked me if I have to 'peepee' during a sporting event.' 

'Men applying Chapstick in public.'

'Watching them run across the room naked and jumping on to the bed. I don't know if I ever want to see parts jiggle.'

'Calling themselves or any other man 'alpha' 'beta' or 'sigma'.'

'Men ice skating when they're bad at it.'

'When they wear flip flops anywhere besides the pool or beach.'

'The contents of their pockets dumped out on every surface: tissues, a crumpled receipts, coins, a rubber band, sweet wrapper and some random fuzz.'

'A man on a cross-trainer.'

'Feet that point way too far outwards when they walk.'

'I thought 'm'lady' had perished sometime in 2014, but I still see it used unironically every now and then.'

'Tucking in their shirt to workout shorts.' 

'Childish words used during foreplay - boobies, tummy, bum.' 

'My first ick was riding home on the bus in elementary. He was eating corn nuts and the smell of his breath killed my longest childhood crush.'

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'Men in any sandal. I don't want to see his toes,'one woman replied
Other answers included men who wear pinky rings or bum bags, tie their jackets around their waist, own transition lenses and speak in baby talk

Other answers included men who wear sandals, pinky rings or bum bags, tie their jackets around their waist, own transition lenses and speak in baby talk

'All was perfect then his phone rang. His ringtone was Mr Brightside,' another replied. 

'When he's wearing a zippered sweater and zips it all the way to the top,' a third said and someone replied: 'One time I saw a guy do it and catch his beard hair in the zipper and scream. Just stuck in my head ever since.'

Other answers included when men do air guitar, dance off beat, wear pinky rings, or tie their jackets around their waist.     

'Baby talk, like they're an actual baby. Like 'my tummy wummy hurts can I get rubbies? Straight to the ick bin,' one woman said. 

Another dater claimed: 'Went on a date tonight and he pushed a pull door'.

'Transition lenses. I'll transition right outta here,' a third wrote.

'Pretending to drum… when there is no music or no drum kit,' someone added and a fifth said: 'Men with bumbags'.  

READ MORE: Men name the compromises they're not willing to make in relationships: 'Total deal-breaker'

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