Fridging is a common practice in comics and general media where another character exists to die or be hurt for the sole purpose of furthering another character's plot. Though the term was originally coined by Gail Simone in 1999 as "Women in refrigerators" (In reference to a plotline where the green lantern found her newly introduced girlfriend sliced up in a fridge) though it may still refer to the same mistreatment of female characters, it has become less gendered over time and the definition has become less niche to involve somewhat characterized cast members as well as new ones.
Some prominent examples of fridging include:
Uncle ben
every single character to date deadpool
every single orphaned characters' parents
A practice employed by British South Eastern Farmers for several centuries. The act itself involves stimulating the nether regions of a ferret, so that said ferret can de-stress and continue to ward off evil spirits. Obviously it goes without saying that the farmers didn't mind either.
Daves wife could tell from the wet patch on his lap that he'd been vigourously ferretfiddling, cripes!
when you give someone with whiskey dick a hand job to try to get it up, but of course, they have whiskey dick, so you can't get it up. so the penis just kind of flops around while you fiddle with it. the worst thing that can happen to a drunk and horny individual.
Girl 1: "Man, Casey had whiskey dick, so I was fiddling a loose one for a while"
Girl 2: "Dude that sucks...sorry you didn't get it in!"