Fridge/Frig/what in US? HELP! QUICK!

monster · 05-28-2010, 09:17 PM

I made some ceramic refridgerator magnets to sell as a fundraiser for the pool on Opening Day (tomorrow). We Brits would spell the abbreviation "fridge" but I see "frig" a lot over here (which is sort of a swear word in britenglish). So what abbreviation should I use?

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 09:37 PM

Fridge is fine. frig means something else here too, but there are unlikely to be misunderstandings in context

monster · 05-28-2010, 09:48 PM

thanks

It's weird that in the land of fast everything, refridgerator is abbreviated less often than in the UK. NO-ONE says refridgerator there. I bet most British children don't even know fridge is an abbreviation.

squirell nutkin · 05-28-2010, 10:17 PM

Whoever says frig is an abbreviation for fridge is out of their fridging mind.

jinx · 05-28-2010, 10:21 PM

What the frig?

lumberjim · 05-28-2010, 10:26 PM

fridge fo sho

monster · 05-28-2010, 10:34 PM

thanks all, you make me happy.

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 10:36 PM

just out of curiosity, what exactly is y'alls' understanding of the word, "frig?" To me, it means, um . . . digital penetration of the vagina.

A quick perusal of ze Internets shows other definitions: masturbation (not exactly what my meaning is); or some kind of bowlderization of "fuck,"

monster · 05-28-2010, 11:16 PM

when I was a kid I learned it meant bugger (as in male to male anal sex), but in UK when I left, was most commonly used as a "polite" alternative for "fuck": "what in the frigging hell was that?"

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 11:21 PM

huh. that's interesting; I would say it doesn't apply to male anatomy at all

wolf · 05-29-2010, 12:23 AM

Fridge is short American for refrigerator. Or icebox.

Frig is Freya's brother, right?

ZenGum · 05-29-2010, 02:06 AM

Could Frig frig Freya's icebox?

JuancoRocks · 05-29-2010, 03:31 AM

Guardian Frigerator Company developed the first stand alone refrigerator in the US in 1916 and became Frigidaire in 1919 and a part of General Motors at that time until they sold in it in 1979.

Up until that time most refrigeration was accomplished with iceboxes.

Many people still call any refrigerator a Fridge and really have no idea why they do nor where the name came from..
Kinda like Kleenex, Kotex, Big Tex etc.

Thank you Mr Peabody......

Cloud · 05-29-2010, 08:30 AM

I contest that, because "fridge" is a logical shortening of refrigerator. I still call it the icebox sometimes, 'cause that's what my parents called it often. But I'm most likely to simply call it the refrigerator. Said really fast!

ZenGum · 05-29-2010, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

I contest that, because "fridge" is a logical shortening of refrigerator.

I mostly agree ... but where does the D come from?

05-28-2010, 09:17 PM	#1
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05-28-2010, 09:37 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Fridge is fine. frig means something else here too, but there are unlikely to be misunderstandings in context __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 05-28-2010 at 09:54 PM.

05-28-2010, 09:48 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks It's weird that in the land of fast everything, refridgerator is abbreviated less often than in the UK. NO-ONE says refridgerator there. I bet most British children don't even know fridge is an abbreviation. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	What the frig? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-28-2010, 10:26 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	fridge fo sho __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-28-2010, 10:34 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks all, you make me happy. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-28-2010, 10:36 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	just out of curiosity, what exactly is y'alls' understanding of the word, "frig?" To me, it means, um . . . digital penetration of the vagina. A quick perusal of ze Internets shows other definitions: masturbation (not exactly what my meaning is); or some kind of bowlderization of "fuck," __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-28-2010, 11:16 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	when I was a kid I learned it meant bugger (as in male to male anal sex), but in UK when I left, was most commonly used as a "polite" alternative for "fuck": "what in the frigging hell was that?" __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-28-2010, 11:21 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	huh. that's interesting; I would say it doesn't apply to male anatomy at all __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 05-28-2010 at 11:30 PM.

05-29-2010, 12:23 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Fridge is short American for refrigerator. Or icebox. Frig is Freya's brother, right? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Could Frig frig Freya's icebox? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-29-2010, 03:31 AM	#13
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	Guardian Frigerator Company developed the first stand alone refrigerator in the US in 1916 and became Frigidaire in 1919 and a part of General Motors at that time until they sold in it in 1979. Up until that time most refrigeration was accomplished with iceboxes. Many people still call any refrigerator a Fridge and really have no idea why they do nor where the name came from.. Kinda like Kleenex, Kotex, Big Tex etc. Thank you Mr Peabody...... __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

05-29-2010, 08:30 AM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I contest that, because "fridge" is a logical shortening of refrigerator. I still call it the icebox sometimes, 'cause that's what my parents called it often. But I'm most likely to simply call it the refrigerator. Said really fast! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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