ICKY

gooey, icky

(adjective) soft and sticky

icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky

(adjective) very bad; “a lousy play”; “it’s a stinking world”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for Jazz music.

Adjective

icky (comparative ickier, superlative ickiest)

(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.

(informal) Excessively sentimental.

(informal) Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 May 2025

CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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