fridging

1 of 2

noun

fridg·​ing ˈfri-jiŋ 

plural fridgings

: the practice or an instance of causing a character in a story (especially a female character) to be harmed or killed in order to motivate the protagonist and advance the storyline

He often taps into the trope of fridging, frequently using crimes against women as narrative devices and then reducing female characters to "victims."

—Anandu Suresh

Fridging, and the fridging of women characters especially, is a trope that should long ago have been left in the past.

—Sarah Shaffi

Laurel's death, I think, was possibly the most offensive of all the fridgings that have occurred on Arrow.

—Alex Moreland

fridging

2 of 2

present participle of fridge entry 2

Word History

Etymology

Noun

fridge entry 2 + -ing entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

2011, in the meaning defined above