Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
FRIDGE
Etymology 1
Clipped form of refrigerator.
Noun
fridge (plural fridges)
(informal) A refrigerator.
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(informal) To place inside of a refrigerator.
Etymology 2
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(fandom slang) To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove a character, usually female, from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character, usually male, and provide him with a personal motivation for fighting the antagonist(s).
Etymology 3
Verb
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
(archaic) To rub, chafe.
Source: Wiktionary
Fridge, v. t. Etym: [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. Freak, n.]
Definition: To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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