fridgie

• fridgy

From fridge +‎ -ie.

fridgie (plural fridgies) (colloquial)

1. Diminutive of fridge (“refrigerator”).
   • 1982, Lil Brannon, Melinda Knight, Vara Neverow-Turk, “The Writing-and-Revising Process”, in Writers Writing, Upper Montclair, N.J.: Boynton/Cook Publishers, →ISBN, page 20:

     I turn my new fridgie about 90° so thatl have ready access to the goodies inside.

   • 2003 November 20 (first performance), Tracy Letts, Man from Nebraska, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, published 2005, →ISBN, act 2, scene 6, page 43:

     This means, in short, dear Tamyra, that you and I are currently responsible for rent payments of six hundred and forty pounds. And in twelve days’ time, we will owe, not including any overdue utility invoices that have mayhaps slipped their magnetic shackles and drifted ignominiously between the fridgie and Formica, a grand total of one thousand and ten pounds sterling.

   • 2013, Susan Andersen, chapter 14, in Some Like it Hot, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN, page 177:

     Yes. A nutritional dinner that will taste so good it’ll knock your socks off and maybe change your world—or at least your way of eating. I’d have to cook it at your place, though—all I have in my cottage is a hot plate, fridgie and a micro. But I’d provide everything.

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2. Synonym of fridge magnet.
   • 1983, Rita Weiss, “Crocheted Shamrock”, in Mary Thomas, editor, Crochet & Knit Favorites of Rita Weiss: 22 Easy Projects for Every Month of the Year, volume 2, Northbrook, Ill.: ASN [American School of Needlework] Publishing, →ISBN, page 9, column 1:

     Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a crocheted shamrock—use it as a package decoration, lapel pin, or as a fridgie.

   • 2000, “Kids Get a Kick Out of St. Nick!”, in Kathleen Anderson, editor, Country Woman Christmas 2000, Greendale, Wis.: Reiman Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 99, column 1:

     “It’s a nice craft to share with a Girl Scout troop or 4-H group,” she [Kaci Ogg] smiles. “He makes a fine fridgie or pin as well as a tree trim.”

   • 2013, Brendan O’Carroll, Michael Joseph, “Room by Room”, in Mrs. Brown’s Family Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Ruining Your Home & Family, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 75, column 1:

     And never, ever turn down a fridge magnet. I’ve got so many magnets on my fridge, if I hold my handbag too close, it wipes my points card. I even got a fridgie from the feckin’ undertaker when I buried Redser. A little urn-shaped one.

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