ick factor

English

Noun

ick factor (usually uncountable, plural ick factors)

  1. (informal) Synonym of yuck factor.
    • 2013 August 6, John Michael McGrath, “The Frankenmeat of the Future”, in Hazlitt‎[1]:
      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.
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