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fridge.

A refrigerator.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɹɪd͡ʒ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A refrigerator.

    informal
  2. A fat woman.

    Internet · derogatory · offensive
    The fridge protecting the snacks.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/fɹɪd͡ʒ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.

    informal · transitive
  2. 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.

    slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/fɹɪd͡ʒ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To chafe or rub (something).

    UK · archaic · dialectal · transitive
  2. To chafe or rub.

    intransitive · obsolete
  3. Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”).

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Probably imitative of the sound of chafing or rubbing.

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