A.R.M. ([info]kinkyturtle) wrote,
@ 2008-04-27 16:47:00
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Here's a question that's been left off that "regional terminology" questionnaire
What do you call the kitchen appliance that keeps food cold?

Honest and smart-alecky answers both welcome.

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[info]q_pheevr
2008-04-27 09:51 pm UTC (link)

A window.

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[info]ipslore
2008-04-27 09:52 pm UTC (link)
A fridge.

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[info]vakkotaur
2008-04-27 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Refrigerator or fridge, very occasionally refer (reefer) or even ref'rator (reefer-ator). I do recall at least one grandparent saying "icebox."

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[info]darksasami
2008-04-27 10:05 pm UTC (link)
The fridge. Or the refrigerator.

I did have a grandmother who said "icebox" as well, but she also was from New York and had some kind of accent that showed up when she said "bottles".

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[info]silverscalenaga
2008-04-27 10:06 pm UTC (link)
fridge

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[info]grrrowly
2008-04-27 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Refridgerator. I can't think of what else it could possible be called. o_o

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[info]deckardcanine
2008-04-27 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Some say "Frigidaire," despite the brand specificity. Much as some say "Coke" for any cola.

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[info]kit_ping
2008-04-27 10:11 pm UTC (link)
Fridge, refrigerator, occasional "frigerater", and (more and more often) "No no no, Timothy, get out of there".

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[info]toonygal
2008-04-29 04:07 pm UTC (link)
Yeah! Frigerater!

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[info]michaelmink
2008-04-27 10:47 pm UTC (link)
Refrigerator, almost invariably, though when the a-eMum got very tired, she had a tendency to say "icebox," along with "dustbin," "lift," and other Anglo-Irish usages.

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[info]electronin
2008-04-27 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Stampy McKnucklesquasher

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[info]kinkyturtle
2008-04-27 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Microwave.

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[info]darksasami
2008-04-27 11:23 pm UTC (link)
That's why you're supposed to turn the TV dinner around halfway through.

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[info]nefaria
2008-04-27 11:36 pm UTC (link)
The rassafrackafrigafreezer.

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[info]strredwolf
2008-04-27 11:40 pm UTC (link)
The Arctic Ring.

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[info]octan
2008-04-28 12:10 am UTC (link)
Ozy's mom.

That actually sounds rather dirty if you don't know the context.

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[info]kinkyturtle
2008-04-28 01:33 am UTC (link)
OK, you're gonna have to explain that, or point me to the relevant strips.

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[info]octan
2008-04-28 03:52 am UTC (link)
Link!

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[info]kinkyturtle
2008-04-28 04:05 am UTC (link)
I'd forgotten that one!

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[info]kaliko_t_kat
2008-04-28 12:17 am UTC (link)
Depends how old you are also..some call it an icebox

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[info]discopanda
2008-04-28 08:44 am UTC (link)
Well, that's how the original ones worked. No compressor, no coils on the back, no motor, no cord. It was basically a huge box, which you put a couple big chunks of ice into the bottom section of, and food into the top section of. (Hence "Ice Box") When the ice eventually melted, you replaced it. (As I understand, one common source of ice was to cut it out of a nearby river during the winter, and then store it in some sort of building (an "Ice House") until needed.)

Sometimes you even see old iceboxes that've been converted to refrigerators by having compressors, coils, etc. installed into them at some time or another.

I also hear that there're old mid-'30s GE Monitor-Top refrigerators out there still in use that've never needed any sort of service in the entire time since they were built, but that's going off topic...

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[info]tracerj
2008-04-28 12:40 am UTC (link)
The toaster. Damn thing broke.

Okay, so I replaced it today with a special toaster that has buttons for different kinds of toast. Like... holy crap, right? Electronic toasters with buttons, for cheap! Like the man says, it's a scientific lifestyle.

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[info]timmowarner
2008-04-28 01:05 am UTC (link)
Some folks call it a sling blade.

Edited at 2008-04-28 01:06 am UTC

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[info]klepsydra
2008-04-28 02:36 am UTC (link)
Some call it the gangster of love...

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[info]butterscotchvix
2008-04-28 02:55 am UTC (link)
Cool-erator

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[info]kamesama
2008-04-28 07:56 am UTC (link)
Un frigogidaire.

(context here, in french XD
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/famille%2Bplomb/video/x7beg_une-famille-en-plomb-en-entier_fun )

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[info]flipperanubi
2008-04-28 06:08 pm UTC (link)
You can do that? I just let the food spoil a little on the counter and hope for the best when I eat it?

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[info]kinkyturtle
2008-04-29 02:11 am UTC (link)
Let me introduce you to an amazing invention called a refrigerator... er, or a fridge... um, or a frigidaire... or possibly an icebox... ummm...

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[info]thecanuckguy
2008-04-29 10:34 pm UTC (link)
"Marge, can you set the oven to cold?"

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