As Soon As Poss.

A customer the other day came into my store and said something about his "frigerator." My wife and kids also use that word when describing the kitchen appliance and it drives me nuts. Look, I don't mind you using slang and abbreviating; in fact I encourage it. If you are going to shorten the word "refrigerator," just take it to "fridge." It's really very paradoxical in nature. If you are too lazy to shorten the word to its lowest common denominator, aren't you also too lazy to use four syllables instead of one? If you are so uncaring about the English language, why do you try to keep part of the word alive? It's like the people that say "B-B-Q" instead of "Barbecue." Same amount of syllables, doesn't save any time to say, they just like butchering words. One thing I can defend these people about; how do we know that what is being put in the refrigerator was already cold and is now being re-chilled? What if the stuff you put in there is being chilled for the first time? Then, I guess "frigerator" might be appropriate...