Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: -snip- > The reason I like the term, however, is that it doesn't, so far as I > know, mean, "that disgusts me." It more means, "I don't care for > that." In my experience, it means "that freaks me out / disturbs me a lot", which is much stronger than "I don't care for that", and thus is closer to "that disgusts me". > In other words, it is a way to say, "I have no interest in that > activity," without saying, "ICK. YUCK! YOU MUST BE *SICK*." This > is especially important if the latter is what you're actually > thinking. I think I would agree, however, that indeed it does not necessarily convey "that freaks me out, therefore if you [like it] / [aren't bothered by it] there is something wrong with you". On ASB, where it apparently was first used on Usenet, I think a mantra was -"that is not my kink, but your kink is ok"-. > I believe Miss Manners would thoroughly approve of the term. Heh. - tky