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What (who) is yick - definition

1886 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CASE
Yick Wo; Lee Yick; Yì Hé; Yick Wo v Hopkins; 118 U.S. 356

yick         
HAN SURNAME (易)
Yi (易); Yick; 易姓; Yì (surname)
v.
Combination of yuck and ick. Used when yuck isn't strong enough. Extremely gross or vulgar.
The odor of that garbage really yicks me out.
Yi (Chinese surname)         
HAN SURNAME (易)
Yi (易); Yick; 易姓; Yì (surname)
Yì () is a Chinese surname, in Cantonese it is transliterated as Yick or Yik, the Chinese commercial code (CCC) of which is 2496. It is also rarely spelled as Yih or Ie, depending on where it is originated.
East Kong Yick Building         
  • East Kong Yick Building shortly after re-opening as the Wing Luke Asian Museum, 2008. At right, the West Kong Yick Building is undergoing renovation, hence the scaffolding.
  • Bricked-over windows on the south façade of the building.
  • Looking up the main staircase of the museum into a space that was originally an unroofed "light well" between upper sections of the building.
HISTORIC CHINESE-AMERICAN MIXED-USE BUILDING IN SEATTLE, NOW HOME OF THE WING LUKE MUSEUM
The East Kong Yick Building () is one of two buildings erected in Seattle, Washington's Chinatown-International District (ID) by the Kong Yick Investment Company (the other being the West Kong Yick Building). A four-story hotel in the core of the ID, with retail stores at ground level, the East Kong Yick was created by the pooled resources of 170 Chinese American pioneers.

Wikipedia

Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886), was the first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Examples of use of yick
1. Also garlic & a stake." Huffington Post‘s Rachel Sklar: "Yick.