“If DeKaylin can be better than I was, man, I’d thank God for that,” Terrence Metcalf said, using his son’s unabbreviated name, and if he does last longer than his father’s seven seasons, it might be because Seattle — which, from Baldwin to Jermaine Kearse to Golden Tate, has never given quarterback Russell Wilson a downfield threat quite like Metcalf — tends to give players the time and freedom to grow.

The title is unprintable here, but if you know the unabbreviated version of “FDT” from rapper YG, you’ll get the idea.

But then there were those who didn’t die, who did get old and emerged from that crucible and carried themselves through the arc of a life unabbreviated.

In addition to the lightweight metal, the watch is further distinguished by its basket weave motif, repeated on the bezel and the dial where the standard Sky Moon Tourbillon normally features the firm’s signature Calatrava crosses, as well as unabbreviated cardinal points on the star chart.

But what is fracking, or to give it its unabbreviated name, hydraulic fracturing?