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icky, ikky, a. and n. colloq.|ˈɪkɪ|
[Origin uncertain.]
A. adj.
a. Jazz. Ignorant (of true swinging jazz and liking the ‘sweet’ kind). U.S.
b. Sweet, sickly, sentimental; hence a general term of disapproval: nasty, repulsive, sticky, etc.; also, ill, sick.
1935Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 71/2 If the straight music is also oversweet, the term icky (a pseudo-baby-patter word, meaning ‘little’) is frequently employed to denote this. 1938D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. vii. 277 Smoke Jordan tried hard to get him to..maybe take a vacation, Florida's nice. ‘Get yourself wheeled up and down like an icky banker?’ 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 555 His wrinkly waste of methylated spirits..and pulverised rhubarbarorum, icky. 1942D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 229 ‘A pet-shop on the first floor? But Miss Haven! Really!’ gasped Miss Finkelstein. ‘How icky!’ 1945L. Shelly Jive Talk Dict. 26/2 Icky vicki, stupid gal. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) 13 ‘It's just that—oh, I don't know—now everything's so icky.’..Another of her dubious charms. The high-school words. 1959S. Bellow Henderson Rain King xiv. 200 Under the thickened rain clouds, a heated, darkened breeze sprang up..choky, sultry, icky. 1964C. Chaplin Autobiogr. xxi. 352 He must hide his blindness... His stumblings and bumpings into things make the little girl laugh joyously. But that was too ‘icky’. 1964Harper's Bazaar Nov. 110/2 Roast chestnuts or icky home-made fudge. 1967H. Hunter Case for Punishment vi. 108 She wears the most fright-ful cardigans. Always some sort of ikky colour—to go with everything, I suppose. 1968J. Hudson Case of Need iv. iii. 239 I'm not hungry... The food tastes icky. 1970New Yorker 28 Nov. 122/2 We pick out the icky things in men and call them male, and then we say that the woman who has them..we say she's a male-identifier. 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 21 A group of ton-up boys dipped their icky fingers in the sugar bowls. 1972M. Woodhouse Mama Doll ix. 117, I showed him..lots of gore, you know, and he went all green and icky and dashed off.
B. n.
1. A person who is ignorant of true swinging jazz and likes the ‘sweet’ kind. U.S.
1937Amer. Speech XII. 180 Musicians unable to swing, and who therefore can only play corn are called ‘long hairs’ and those who enjoy listening to their music are ‘Ickies’. This term implies definite bovine qualities. 1938Better English Nov. 51/2 Icky, one who is not hip but thinks he is. 1939Words Oct. 108/1 Ickies..are hicks who'll never be able to tell a sweet from a swing arrangement. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz x. 346 Icky (Obsolete), person with poor musical taste.
2. Something which is sickly, disagreeable; sickness.
1969D. Francis Enquiry vii. 88 Poppy's got the morning ickies again. I'll be glad when this lousy pregnancy's over.
Also in extended (and possibly unconnected) expressions, as icky-boo a., ill (in quot. 19702 written icky-poo); ickylickysticky a. (nonce-wd.), unpleasantly sticky.
1920‘Sapper’ Bull-Dog Drummond ix. 234 Can it be that my little pet is feeling icky-boo? Face going green—slight perspiration—collar tight. 1922Joyce Ulysses 570 They blow ickylickysticky yumyum kisses. 1930‘Sapper’ Finger of Fate 188 The jolly old tum-tum is not icky-boo or anything like that. 1970‘B. Mather’ Break in Line v. 57 Call the airline office..and tell 'em you're feeling an icksy bit icky-boo and want a stopover. 1970New Yorker 14 Nov. 55 (caption) If any..engine conkouts, or fires make you feel icky-poo, you just come and tell. |