Frig

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Frig can refer to:

• Frigg, a Norse goddess, sometimes spelled "Frig".
• frig, a temporary modification to something to make it operate in a manner not as originally designed -but usually as you want it to at the time. Commonly done during commissioning/fault finding and can be a hardware or software modification (eg. temporary wiring to bypass a switch/relay).
• frig register/list, A register/list of all 'frigs' applied to a particular piece of equipment or system so they can be recorded/tracked should they later need to be removed.
• refrigerator, frig. is a common abbreviation.
• frig program, common term in the 1970s for a one-off program to correct corrupted data on mainframe computers
• frig pig, an archaic term which The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue defined as A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow. (frig itself was slang for trifling)
• fuck, because of its phonetic and topical similarity, frig is often used to mean fuck.
• masturbation, frig is a slang term derived from the Middle English meaning, to quiver. Generally used in reference to female masturbation.