Something that squicks you out; or that squicks out others but not you

[gratuitous]

For some reason, lip prints on the rim of a glass or cup squick me out. Conversely, other people go nuclear when they find a hair in their food, but that doesn't bother me at all; I just figure that means a mammal prepared my dish.

[Think. Again.]

1. I've never heard the phrase...

..."squick me out" before.

Thanks for introducing me to it!

[debm55]

3. Me either. Flies in a restaurant does it for me.

[dchill]

2. I guess I don't know squick.

[ret5hd]

4. The word "squick"

[Emile]

15. I know, why not just say disgust? Must be

a word they use in certain states.

[claudette]

5. I'm not

sure what “squick” means. Lol. Never heard that word before. 😊. From your comment I guess it means grosses me out? If so, I say dirty public toilets. I cover my nose and search for the cleanest one. But only if I cannot hold it in till I get home!! 🤤

[Shermann]

6. Made up words! nt

[chouchou]

7. okra

That slimy, disgusting abomination should be banished from the Earth.
I might take a bite of it. (If somebody offered me the Solar System)

[doc03]

10. I always get fried okra when I eat at Cracker Barrel. nt

[Marthe48]

12. I put okra in most of my soups and stews

I have had it fried, but I like the uncoated better.

The plant itself is other-worldly and as a food, it has a long history.

[Wingus Dingus]

23. Yep, aside from hash brown casserole, that's my usual side dish there.

[getagrip_already]

8. Squick? Dunno, but ick.....

People seem to trigger on the word moist, and some are grossed out but kitchen sponges.

Neither really bother me.

But then again, I scraped mold off a bagel this morning and never pay attention to expiration dates on food. If the can isn't bulging, and the food doesn't smell, it's fair game (but I do have limits).

[Wingus Dingus]

9. Close-up video of people eating--biting into a burger

or otherwise stuffing their faces. Yuck.

[Boomerproud]

20. My 600 lb life on TLC always has a scene where people are

literally stuffing their faces in close up. It's demeaning and disgusting.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Wooden popsicle sticks nt

[MLAA]

26. Me too, it makes my mouth go all squickly and dry!

[XanaDUer2]

27. As a child

I would not eat dixie cup ice cream bc of the disgusting wooden spoon. I will not eat popsicles. My bf scrapes the ice cream off the stick with his teeth. This makes me ill.

[MLAA]

28. I'm with you.

[gratuitous]

13. I didn't think "squick" was such an obscure word

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
squick
/skwik/
verbINFORMAL
verb: squick; 3rd person present: squicks; gerund or present participle: squicking; past tense: squicked; past participle: squicked
cause (someone) to feel intense disgust.
"we get that bodily fluids can squick people out"

[stopdiggin]

14. thanks for providing. I'm one of those that had NEVER .... -(nt)-

[keithbvadu2]

16. Always something new to learn. Thanks.

[Talitha]

17. Insects/creatures that bite for blood... ewwww!!!

Ticks, mosquitos, flies, leeches, etc.
All of them - filthy little vampires.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. A wet doorknob.

Never heard the word "squick" before, thank you for an enlightening by context.

[Mad_Dem_X]

19. Caterpillars

I know they are harmless, and turn into beautiful butterflies, but whenever I see one, I just run away. LOL

[North Shore Chicago]

21. Some of my dinner mates

are squicked out when I order and eat raw oysters.

[milestogo]

22. Hot dogs

If you don't know what is in them, look it up.

[Upthevibe]

24. gratuitous......

The big roaches (some of them fly) in Texas.

I left Texas for a number of reasons (back in '88) and the bugs was one of the reasons. They just freak me out!

[Iggo]

25. Jesus, people.

It takes two seconds of reading to figure out what the OP meant by “squicks you out.”

Again, this place, I swear…