fridgy
English
Etymology 1
From fridge + -y (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
fridgy (comparative more fridgy, superlative most fridgy)
- Alternative spelling of fridgey (“resembling or characteristic of a refrigerator”).
- 2001 November 22, Michael Fanner, “Quick Europeans”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- He walks into the kitchen and gets a beer from the fridge. Something troubles him. A new fridge? Why on earth has she gotten a new fridge? He sips from his can and wanders upstairs, leaving fridgy thoughts in the kitchen.
- 2009 December 28, Lydia Dustbin, “Ping anybody”, in alt.buttered.scones[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- Now you have to phone up for a collection and you are charged so much for a sofa-sized item, so much for a fridgy thing, so much for a load of wood or doors etc. etc...
- 2010 October 5, Robert Bannister, “Slight Pondian Deviations”, in alt.usage.english[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- The problem with straight pressed tongue is that you need to have it fresh. Kept in the fridge, it quickly acquires a "fridgy" taste.
Etymology 2
From fridge + -y (diminutive suffix) and -y (“thing associated”).
Noun
fridgy (plural fridgies)
- Alternative spelling of fridgie (“a refrigerator”).
- 1998 September 17, Garlic Goddess, “Garlic - storing in fridge?”, in rec.food.cooking[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER put fresh heads of garlic in the fridgy. Please! It impairs the taste and texture.
- 1999 September 5, Erosdeux, “Hi”, in alt.redheads[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- Now...first I have to say that I dont *hate* anything....ok,ok...I hate it when the hubby leaves the container of Hagen Daz in the fridgy with only 1/16 of a tablespoon of Rum Raisin in it!! *SHUDDER*
- 2002 July 11, Tami - TNO, “MySQL WHERE help”, in netobjects.fusionmx.databases[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 December 2025:
- Too bad you don't live in my neighborhood. My hubby made it a condition of marriage that I keep the fridgy stocked with goodies, and candy bars.
- Alternative spelling of fridgie (“a fridge magnet”).
- 1997 October 28, Christal, “What are you working on now?”, in rec.crafts.textiles.yarn[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 7 December 2025:
- I am crocheting soda pop poodles and dollyn fridgy magnets!
- 2000 December 6, The Commander, “Canabis[sic] for pain relief”, in alt.support.arthritis[8] (Usenet), archived from the original on 7 December 2025:
- Sat at the kitchen table admiring the fridgy magnets for about 4 hours after which time I was really hungry but did not eat another brownie that day.
- 2008 October 11, kat >^.^< in Wisconsin, “Bouchercon photos”, in rec.arts.mystery[9] (Usenet), archived from the original on 7 December 2025:
- Jim Barker's posters and T-shirts, fridgy magnets, keychains and BOTTLE OPENERS have been whipping off the Crimespree table.