Gen-Z dating slang for a small disqualifying behavioral detail in a romantic interest that triggers an instinctive aversion strong enough to terminate the user's attraction. I got the ick functions as the dating-context equivalent of a sudden involuntary turn-off: he ran in a particular way; she chewed her food strangely; he wore an unfortunate combination of clothes; she texted in an embarrassing register; he behaved awkwardly at the restaurant. The ick is presented as authoritative even when the user cannot articulate any substantive reason it should disqualify the person. From a biblical-ethical standpoint, ick-based decision-making is the vibes-based dating subset: substantive evaluation of a potential spouse (character, doctrine, faithfulness, household-readiness, godliness, vocation) is bypassed in favor of involuntary affective dowsing. Scripture's pattern for the formation of marriage is the opposite: deliberate proving (1 Thessalonians 5:21); the woman's fear of the LORD (Proverbs 31:30); the man's character and ruling his household well (1 Timothy 3:4-5); parental authority and involvement (Genesis 24); time, prayer, and sober evaluation. The ick-driven user terminates promising matches over trivialities while overlooking substantive disqualifications (lack of faith, character flaws, unrepentant sin, vocational instability) that the involuntary affect-scanner has no equipment to detect. The patriarchal-Reformed recovery is sober deliberate evaluation under parental authority, not the dating algorithm's volatile affect-dowsing.