m_fMA to Perry Bible FellowshipEnglish · 17 hours agoPenguin Enemy (2003-04-30)imagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoBreaking the ice is cutting through the awkwardness of getting to know a new person, but that doesn’t seem to be the situation here…
minus-squarem_fOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt definitely has that specific meaning, but can be more general (at least IMO, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if someone used this sense with me): To do something as a means of reducing or eliminating shyness, awkward tension, or unfamiliarity. Everyone was deathly silent after John went ballistic and left the meeting. I tried breaking the ice with a joke, but it didn’t help.
Breaking the ice is cutting through the awkwardness of getting to know a new person, but that doesn’t seem to be the situation here…
It definitely has that specific meaning, but can be more general (at least IMO, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if someone used this sense with me):