yuck

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Eating a human hair product I'm just gonna imagine is forbidden in Islam as it ougtta be everywhere. * yuck*

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  1. interjection Slang Used to express rejection or strong disgust.
  2. noun Variant of yuk1.

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  • Her nice dress was smirched with refuse-colored yuck, and her arms and ankles were scratched. —  Yon Ill Wind
  • And the closer we were getting to British Columbia, the harder it rained -- yuck. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Next you're given another quote based on how often you want to go, what location and if you want to use their towels (yuck). —  blogTO
  • Painful to look at that assortment of characters though-yuck. —  WordPress.com News
  • Brande and Annie run down the dirty Manhattan streets (Brande barefoot-yuck!) trying to get there with as much time as possible. —  BuddyTV
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  1. Also yuke, yook, youk; an un-assibilated form (perhaps after D. jeuken, joken = Low German jocken = German jucken) of itch, ult. Anglo-Saxon giccan, itch: see itch.
  2. from yuck, v.
 

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