This or That, Bonus Round

mike808 posted a pic said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 10:31pm ET

Today’s Bonus Round of This or That will pose the question of gendered nouns in English.

What is the gender of the box in our kitchens that keeps stuff cool?

Male because ‘fridge’ has a ‘D’?

Female because ‘refrigerator’ doesn’t?

Discuss.

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llangley said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 10:49pm ET:

Good question! I say “fridge”, it has an “f” so female I suppose…

Now, what about this…

Crockpot
Slow Cooker
Insert jokes accordingly.

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- @llangley
  
  /image wonder woman mixer
  
  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 10:55pm ET
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  llangley said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 10:59pm ET
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  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:04pm ET
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  llangley said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:09pm ET
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- @llangley I kinda dig that pancake maker!!
  
  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:14pm ET
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- @llangley @tinamarie1974
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:34pm ET
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- @llangley @tinamarie1974
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:35pm ET
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- @llangley @mike808
  
  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:35pm ET
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- @llangley @tinamarie1974
  You know you want it.
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:35pm ET
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- @llangley @mike808 ooohhhhh glitter!!
  
  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:39pm ET
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- @llangley @tinamarie1974
  
  macromeh said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:05pm ET
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- @llangley @macromeh omg…I feel like that is just wrong. So many bad jokes come to mind
  
  tinamarie1974 said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 1:12pm ET
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Kidsandliz said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 10:58pm ET:

My answer is e) none of the above. Sexless.

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- @Kidsandliz I was going to say non-binary but got lost in a WW rabbit hole
  
  llangley said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:03pm ET
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- @Kidsandliz @llangley Agree- non-gendered, or at least differently gendered.
  /giphy non-gender
  
  PhysAssist said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:33am ET
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ybmuG said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:11pm ET:

Neither - @Kidsandliz is correct
It comes from the Latin frigus which is neuter
https://latin-dictionary.net/definition/21028/frigus-frigoris

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- @ybmuG So who put “the D” in “fridge”?
  And is that how the “mini-fridge” was born?
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:22pm ET
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  /giphy You gotta be friggin kiddin me.
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:29pm ET
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- @mike808 I think it was the milk
  
  ybmuG said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:30pm ET
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- @mike808 You mean “fridgin killing me”?
  
  ybmuG said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 12:16am ET
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heartny said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:21pm ET:
Based on popular usage, it is 2.554 times more common for Refrigerator to be a girl’s name.

The popularity of Refrigerator is: 3.065
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)
Listing of some deceased famous people named Refrigerator:
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Refrigerator The
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https://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php?name=Refrigerator
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  William “Refrigerator” Perry would disagree.
  
  mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:25pm ET
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- mike808 said Sun, Nov 17th 2019 at 11:28pm ET
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- @mike808 1985 was stupid. Also 1986.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 2:00am ET
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mehcuda67 said Mon, Nov 18th 2019 at 1:10am ET:

It doesn’t matter. Refigerators are pretty chill.

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