fridge logic
An initially overlooked detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, is more…An initially overlooked detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, is more nonsensical or unrealistic than originally assumed, often to the point of creating a plot hole.
Meaning
1 senses(slang, uncountable)An initially overlooked detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, is more nonsensical or unrealistic than originally assumed, often to the point of creating a plot hole.
Origin
Coined by TV Tropes in 2007. Based on the earlier icebox scene, a term coined by directorCoined by TV Tropes in 2007. Based on the earlier icebox scene, a term coined by director Alfred Hitchcock for an illogical scene which, in his words, "hits you after you've gone home and start pulling cold chicken out of the icebox".
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedplot hole
Derivedfridge horror
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable