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ick factors

ick factors is the plural of ick factor.

Meaning of ick factor

Noun

ick factor (usually uncountable, plural ick factors)

  1. (informal, usually) Synonym of yuck factor.
    • The UN, for its part, has suggested eating insects as a way of feeding those extra mouths, which may put the frankenmeat ick factor in perspective.2013 August 6, John Michael McGrath, “The Frankenmeat of the Future”, in Hazlitt, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025
    Synonyms:
    yuck factor

Questions about ick factors

What is ick factors the plural of?
Ick factors is the plural of ick factor.

Words near ick factors in the dictionary

  1. icings on the cake
  2. icings on the cakes
  3. ICJ
  4. ick
  5. ick factor
  6. ick factors
  7. Ickburgh
  8. ickday
  9. Icke
  10. Ickenham
  11. icker

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