Fridge vs Refrigerator - What's the difference?
fridge | refrigerator |
(archaic) To rub, chafe.
:* 1761': You might have rumpled and crumpled, and doubled and creased, and fretted and '''fridged the outsides of them all to pieces — Laurence Sterne, ''The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman , vol. III (Penguin 2003, p. 145)
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To place inside of a refrigerator.
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* 2013 , Jeffrey Deaver, The October List , Grand Central Publishing (2013), ISBN 9781455576661,
* 2013 , James Morton, Brilliant Bread , Ebury Press (2013), ISBN 9780091955601,
(label) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a female character from a narrative, often strictly to hurt a male character and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s).
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A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge ).
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One who has a chilling influence.
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Refrigerator is a synonym of fridge.
Refrigerator is a related term of fridge.
As nouns the difference between fridge and refrigerator
is that fridge is a refrigerator while refrigerator is a household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).As a verb fridge
is to rub, chafe.fridge
English
Etymology 1
Probably imitatory; compare frig .Verb
(fridg)See also
* frigEtymology 2
Abbreviation of refrigerator. The fandom verb sense was coined by (Gail Simone), who criticized a plot point in ''pages 238-239
Alternative forms
* 'fridgeVerb
page 201:
- I had turned up with a bottle, which the hostess, Celia, had duly fridged , but everyone else had opted for camomile tea, making me feel like the biggest lush in south London.
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- He munched and sipped, wished the soda was cold. Should have fridged it.
page 134:
- If you don't have two stones, bake it in two different batches, fridging your remaining doughs whilst you wait.
Welcome to the Punch: A little less conversation", Spark* (University of Reading), Volume 63, Issue 1, 26 April 2013, page 15:
- The backing cast are also all excellent, as expected considering the calibre of actors attached to the film – Andrea Riseborough is a very good example, playing a fascinating cop who really didn't deserve to be 'fridged' (meaning: removed from the action so that the men can do their manly things).
page 240:
- In terms of villains, familiar characters haven't been fridged but they've been rather sexualized.
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Noun
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- in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator .
