fridge

Signification

Noun

A refrigerator.

Verb

1. (informal) To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.
2. (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.

Verb

1. To chafe or rub (something).
2. (obsolete) To chafe or rub.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɹɪd͡ʒ/

Étymologie

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.