fridge

CEFRA1

/fɹɪd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A machine that keeps food and drinks cold.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".

  • The kids tend to raid the fridge when they get home from school.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.

  2. A refrigerator.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To chafe or rub.

More examples

In context

  • I never saw a red fridge.

  • 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.

  • He munched and sipped, wished the soda was cold. Should have fridged it.

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I put the milk in the blank to keep it cold.

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Origin

noun

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.