English Explanatory Dictionary

fridge horror

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seemingly innocuous detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, carries disturbing undertones.

Word forms

fridge horror

Etymology

Coined by TV Tropes in 2009, by analogy with fridge logic.

Related words

fridge brilliance fridge logic
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