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Omar
what the difference between "fridge" and "refrigerator"?
Feb 18, 2013 11:01 AM
Answers · 4
All the answers are correct: "fridge" is short for "refridgerator."
February 21, 2013
The word "fridge" derives from the company that popularized electric refrigerators in the United States, Fridgidaire. Their products were so popular that the word Fridgidaire became synonymous for refrigerator, fridge for short.
February 18, 2013
Yes, they are the same.
February 18, 2013
In the US, these are the same thing.
February 18, 2013
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