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Frig vs Friz - What's the difference?

frig | friz |

As verbs the difference between frig and friz

is that frig is to fidget, to wriggle around while friz is dated form of frizz.

As nouns the difference between frig and friz

is that frig is an act of frigging while friz is dated form of frizz.

frig

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l). Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from (etyl) .

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (obsolete) to fidget, to wriggle around
    • Will you sit down and stop frigging around.
  • (ambitransitive) to masturbate
    • She never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
  • *1880 , anonymous,
    • There was an old parson of Lundy,
    Fell asleep in his vestry on Sunday;
    He awoke with a scream,
    "What, another wet dream,
    This comes of not frigging since Monday."
  • (ambitransitive) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
    • Come on honey, let’s frig .
  • * 1988 , , page 113
    • Not that we didn’t frig in the day-time too.
  • to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
    • Be sensible, you’re just frigging about now.
  • (ambitransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate
    • The system wasn't working but I've frigged the data and it's usable now.
    Derived terms
    * frigger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an act of frigging
  • A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed)
    • I had to put a couple of frigs across the switch relays but it works now
  • a fuck
    • I don’t give a frig !

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.English abbreviations

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fridge

    • friz

    English

    Noun

    (frizzes)
  • * Hare
    • He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig became his face and head, might easily infer that a similar full-bottomed, well-curled friz of words would be no less becoming to his thoughts.

    Verb

  • * 1870 , Elizabeth Barker Comins, Marion Berkley
    • "To friz , or not to friz! that is the question!" exclaimed Marion, as she turned from her looking-glass and appealed to Florence, who was buttoning her best-fitting cloth boots.