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A business major cosplaying as a family, united by a shared basement and a secret handshake.
means A shortened, slangy term for a fraternity — a social club of male college students bound by chapter rituals, Greek letters, and a shared house.
from Simply a clipping of 'fraternity,' which traces back to Latin 'frater' meaning 'brother' — the same root that gives us 'fraternal' and 'fraternize.' The shortened 'frat' emerged as campus slang, and it carries a slightly dismissive, informal edge that the fuller word 'fraternity' doesn't have — insiders tend to say 'fraternity,' while outsiders (and critics) say 'frat.'
- name origin
- Greek letters, Latin motto, zero actual Greek
- hazing paradox
- brotherhood proven by mutual humiliation
- resume afterlife
- becomes networking goldmine the moment you graduate
- housing style
- mansion exterior, crime scene interior