After just returning home from the movies, you stand at the fridge deciding what to eat since the movie popcorn didn't really
constitute dinner. With the fridge door open, you puzzle through the movie's plot points, and there is a disconnect in
the storyline, some pivot point that says to you, "Screenwriter( or author) took me for a ride." It's when you scowl and realize
you've been had. It's when a plot point is so contrived or unbelievable that it insults the reader's / viewer's intelligence.
Occurs mostly frequently in movie sequels, romance novel series, and television drama series that seek to continue the money-making franchise.
Related to: "jump the shark," "pin the plausibility meter," "eyeroll." Shorter versions: "fridge it," "faceplant," "as if," "bin it.'
constitute dinner. With the fridge door open, you puzzle through the movie's plot points, and there is a disconnect in
the storyline, some pivot point that says to you, "Screenwriter( or author) took me for a ride." It's when you scowl and realize
you've been had. It's when a plot point is so contrived or unbelievable that it insults the reader's / viewer's intelligence.
Occurs mostly frequently in movie sequels, romance novel series, and television drama series that seek to continue the money-making franchise.
Related to: "jump the shark," "pin the plausibility meter," "eyeroll." Shorter versions: "fridge it," "faceplant," "as if," "bin it.'
"Yep, my refrigerator thought? Nah, no way Jason Bourne could NOT have figured that out.."
"What a refrigerator thought! Not a chance that Corinne Giroux could have been fourth months pregnant and not know. "
"Yeah, fridge this 'Charlie Tango' crash in the "Fifty Shades.."series? Christian Grey's operation tracked down Ana via her cell phone to that bar in a matter of minutes. Not a chance that none of Grey's highly-paid security wizards could track down Charlie Tango? Seriously, even I can track a plane/helicopter via publicly-available websites, e.g., FlightAware, if you know the its tail number?"
jump the shark as if faceplant pin the plausibility meter bin it fridge it eyeroll
"What a refrigerator thought! Not a chance that Corinne Giroux could have been fourth months pregnant and not know. "
"Yeah, fridge this 'Charlie Tango' crash in the "Fifty Shades.."series? Christian Grey's operation tracked down Ana via her cell phone to that bar in a matter of minutes. Not a chance that none of Grey's highly-paid security wizards could track down Charlie Tango? Seriously, even I can track a plane/helicopter via publicly-available websites, e.g., FlightAware, if you know the its tail number?"
jump the shark as if faceplant pin the plausibility meter bin it fridge it eyeroll
by Bleuz00m June 5, 2013
What do you call pre-Subway Jared driving a Honda Civic hatchback?
A rhinoceros in a refrigerator box.
A rhinoceros in a refrigerator box.
by Daveler March 13, 2010
The process of digging through the recesses of your refrigerator in an effort to find something (semi) edible. Usually part of or precursor to either refrigerator roulette or refrigerator triage. Results can be anything from mild to traumatizing.
by ferricoxide June 7, 2010
by Capserthefriendly November 14, 2014
I have refrigerator anxiety with my roommate because I don’t want her to judge me with what I put in the refrigerator.
by STE8 January 11, 2020
When your husband/boyfriend looks for something, you tell him EXACTLY where he should find it, and he can’t. You get up and get it, from exactly where you said it would be.
Him: Do we have any ketchup?
Me: Did you look on the second shelf to the right?
Him: YES! It’s not there.
Me: Are you sure?? I have to get up to find it!!
Him: IT’S NOT THERE!!!
Me: *Opens fridge door. Pulls out ketchup.*
Him: *Shouts* WHERE WAS IT?!?
Me: Second shelf. To the right. Yeah. Refrigerator disease. Ugh.
Me: Did you look on the second shelf to the right?
Him: YES! It’s not there.
Me: Are you sure?? I have to get up to find it!!
Him: IT’S NOT THERE!!!
Me: *Opens fridge door. Pulls out ketchup.*
Him: *Shouts* WHERE WAS IT?!?
Me: Second shelf. To the right. Yeah. Refrigerator disease. Ugh.
by SweetDee123 January 12, 2019
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