big yikes
disapproving, uncomfortable
the one-line answer
An amplified version of yikes. Something significantly uncomfortable or cringe.
Big yikes is yikes with added emphasis. Whatever happened was not just mildly uncomfortable, it was significantly bad. The big signals scale.
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
reaction
he said that at the company dinner? big yikes.
That statement was significantly inappropriate for the context.