fridging
fridge
1. informal A shortening of "refrigerator." The "d" is included in the spelling to approximate the pronunciation of this part of the word. How many times have I told you kids not to leave the fridge open?
2. slang In works of fiction, to kill off a female character or have her become severely injured or incapacitated solely for the purpose of motivating a male character. The term, coined by writer Gail Simone, refers to a Green Lantern comic in which Green Lantern's girlfriend is murdered and left in a refrigerator. It's so obvious that they fridged her so her hero boyfriend would fight the bad guy!
fridging
slang In works of fiction, the practice of killing off a female character or having her become severely injured or incapacitated solely for the purpose of motivating a male character. The term, coined by writer Gail Simone, refers to a Green Lantern comic in which Green Lantern's girlfriend is murdered and left in a refrigerator. It's totally fridging—they only killed her off so her hero boyfriend would fight the bad guy!
See also: fridge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- fridge
- wharra
- hiya doin'
- doin
- regs
- nigga
- prostie
- prosties
- nikka
- nicca