Relax, breathe and wait for him and everyone else to experience the shock that is coming. Strong skills won’t stop it.
The more you fight in the quicksand with him, the faster you get pulled down.
The Chess game is over. We are watching the last moves.
Let him cry it out, love him, hug him and buy him a beer.
WWG1WGA!
Multiple etymological meanings in the World of Q
ice (n.)
Old English is “ice, piece of ice” (also the name of the Anglo-Saxon rune for -i-), from Proto-Germanic *is- “ice” (source also of Old Norse iss, Old Frisian is, Dutch ijs, German Eis), of uncertain origin; possible relatives are Avestan aexa- “frost, ice,” isu- “frosty, icy;” Afghan asai “frost.” Slang meaning “diamonds” is attested from 1906.
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cream (v.)
mid-15c., “to foam, to froth,” from cream (n.). From 1610s in figurative sense of “remove the best part of.” Meaning “to beat, thrash, wreck” is 1929, U.S. slang; the exact sense connection is unclear. There was a slang cream (v.) in the 1920s that meant “cheat, deceive, especially by guile.” Related: Creamed; creaming.
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ice = “diamonds”
cream = “cheat, deceive, especially by guile.”