To: John Jamieson
Wife says Webster says "frig" is a dirty word, not an abreviation for "frigidare". Refridgerator is too hard to type. Sorry.
To: John Jamieson
I say, "fridge."
To: John Jamieson
from webster's website:
Main Entry: frig
Pronunciation: 'frig
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): frigged; frig·ging
Etymology: Middle English fryggen to wriggle
Date: 1598
usually vulgar : COPULATE -- sometimes used in the present participle as a meaningless intensive
To: John Jamieson
Another Webster entry:
Main Entry: fridge
Variant(s): also frig /'frij/
Function: noun
Etymology: by shortening & alteration
Date: 1926
: REFRIGERATOR
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