frig vs refrigerator

frig

noun
  • Dated spelling of fridge. 

  • A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed). 

  • A fuck. 

  • An act of frigging. 

verb
  • to masturbate 

  • to mess or muck (about, around etc.) 

  • to fuck; to have sex. 

  • to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate 

refrigerator

noun
  • A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge). 

  • One who has a chilling influence. 

  • A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin. 

How often have the words frig and refrigerator occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )