fridge

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɹɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒ === Etymology 1 === The noun is a clipping of refrigerator, perhaps influenced by the Frigidaire brand of refrigerators, or frigerator (“(dated) refrigerator”). The spelling is likely influenced by analogy with bridge, ridge, etc. The verb is derived from the noun. The fandom slang verb sense alludes to the phrase "women in refrigerators" coined by the American comic book writer Gail Simone. Simone was referencing a plot point in Green Lantern (volume 3, issue 54, 1994), in which the Green Lantern's girlfriend is murdered by a villain, and her body placed in a refrigerator for him to find. ==== Noun ==== fridge (plural fridges) (informal) A refrigerator. [from 1920s] ===== Alternative forms ===== 'fridge frig (dated) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== 'frigerator, frigerator refrig ===== Descendants ===== → Antillean Creole: fridj → Bengali: ফ্রিজ (phrij) → Hindi: फ़्रिज (frij), फ्रिज (phrij) → Malayalam: ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് (phriḍjŭ) → Maltese: friġġ → Scottish Gaelic: frids → Swahili: friji → Isoko: ifriji ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged) (transitive, informal) To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate. (transitive, fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance. === Etymology 2 === Probably imitative of the sound of chafing or rubbing. ==== Verb ==== fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged) (transitive, archaic, chiefly British, dialectal) To chafe or rub (something). (intransitive, obsolete) To chafe or rub. Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”). ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === refrigerator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Women in Refrigerators on Wikipedia.Wikipedia