fridgefossick
/ˈfrɪdʒˌfɒsɪk/verbVerified NewAlso in: kühlschrankstöbern (Deutsch) · neveravistazo (Español) · frigoregard (Français)
To open the fridge repeatedly in the belief that new food will have appeared.
To fridgefossick is to check the shelves every twenty minutes with full attention and no plan. The light comes on, the contents have not changed, and the fossicker withdraws to return on schedule. Science cannot explain the hope; the fridge supports it by keeping its door interesting, and dinner is eventually made from what was always there.
Etym. — fridge + fossick — to prospect the cold shelves for a strike that never comes.
Rel. — fridgedig · leftoversrepublic
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