IACGo to IAE.
IAE and IACinterj. in any event; in any
case. (Initialisms. Used in electronic mail
and computer forum or news group mes-
sages. Not pronounced aloud.) IAE I
will give you the answer tomorrow. I
will be there IAC.
I am so sure!exclam. I am right! (Califor-
nia.) You are way rad! I am so sure!
This is too much. I am so sure!
(I-)beam[“aIbim and bim] n. IBM, Inter-
national Business Machines stock shares.
(Securities markets. See also big blue.)
I-beam fell out of bed and took the mar-
ket with it. How much beam do you
own?
ICin. I see; I understand. (Used in elec-
tronic mail and computer forum or news
group messages. Not pronounced aloud.)
Okay. IC now. IC, but I can’t help
you.
ice 1. n. diamonds; jewels. (Underworld.)
That old dame has tons of ice in her ho-
tel room. Look at the ice on her! 2. n.
cocaine; crystalline cocaine. (Drugs.)
Max deals mostly in ice, but can get you al-
most anything. This ice isn’t good
enough. 3. tv. to kill someone; to kill an
informer. (Underworld. See also chill.)
Mr. Big ordered Sam to ice you-know-who.
Somebody set out to ice Tracy—the dirty
squealer. 4. tv. to ignore someone. (Un-
derworld. See also chill.) Bart iced Sam
for obvious reasons. The members of the
gang iced Bruno, and that really made him
worry. 5. tv. to embarrass someone; to
make someone look foolish. Don’t ice
me in front of my friends. Why does she
feel like she has to ice everybody? 6. n.
money given as a bribe, especially to the
police. (Underworld.) Did you give
Ervine the ice? A lot of those cops take
ice. 7. mod. excellent; very cool. Her
answer was ice, and she really put down
that guy. Man this stuff is ice!
icebergn. a cold and unemotional person.
Sally can be such an iceberg! What an
insensitive iceberg!
iceberg slim 1. n. a pimp. When iceberg
slim came by in his pimpmobile, Jed made
a rude sign at him. No iceberg slim is
gonna push me around! 2. n. a person
who exploits others; a cold, heartless per-
son. The guy’s a regular iceberg slim.
Rocko is a perfect example of an iceberg
slim. He’s heartless.
icedmod. settled once and for all; done eas-
ily. I’ve got it iced. Nothing to it. The
whole business is iced. Don’t fret.
icemann. a killer. (Underworld. See also
ice.) It’s hard to believe that Rocko is a
professional iceman. The mob employs
a number of icemen.
ice palacen.a jewelry store. (From ice.)
What do they sell in that ice palace that
you could afford to buy? He dropped in
at a little ice palace to buy his wife a dia-
mond bracelet. He’s made of money.
ice queenn. a cold and haughty woman.
Tracy is not exactly an ice queen, but
comes close. It’s Kim who’s the ice queen.
icicles[“aIs sIklz] n. pure cocaine in a crys-
tallized form. (Drugs.) Are icicles the
same as crack? Icicles are probably more
pure than crack.
icing on the caken. an extra enhance-
ment. Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my
new car. That’s icing on the cake! Yo u r