Post #606050 by TikiTomD on Fri, Sep 9, 2011 10:49 AM

On 2011-09-09 09:49, jingleheimerschmidt wrote:
PS: why does fridge have a "D" but refrigerator doesn't?

fridge
shortened and altered form of refrigerator, 1926, perhaps infl. by Frigidaire (1919), a popular early brand name of the appliances.

Dictionary.com, "fridge," in Online Etymology Dictionary. Source location: Douglas Harper, Historian. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fridge.