frat
noun
ˈfrat 
US, informal
: fraternity sense 1c
Today's progressive notions of responsible partying and political correctness have hit hard at all eighteen of Dartmouth's frats but especially so at Alpha Delta, which has always had the reputation of being the baddest house on campus.
Eric Konigsberg
—often used before another noun Eric Konigsberg frat houses/brothers(often disparaging) a frat boy [=a member of a fraternity]
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Sean, convinced the police will never believe that two Black men and a Hispanic dude just happened to find a drunk woman on the floor in their house, votes for leaving her at a frat house for someone else to deal with. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Afterward, members returned to their Eastland frat house for an afterparty. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 May 2022 What happens when scamsters start harvesting aging frat boys’ passwords and credit card numbers via acoustic fibers woven into their sleeveless sweaters? Joe Queenan, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022 The ads were all about frat boys with the look of rugby and lacrosse jocks, who became, in the quarterly coffee-table catalogues, the stud next door. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022 Foltz was allegedly told to finish the bottle and that members of the frat would take care of him, according to the lawsuit. ABC News, 24 June 2022 Those arrests followed the arrests Monday of 10 members of the frat, also ranging in age from 18 to 21. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022 The fraternity leaders at the MSU party are now facing criminal charges, as is a member of the Missouri frat. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2022 But for every aspirational photo of JFK at sea there are 100 real-life encounters with schlubby frat bros trudging about in cheaply made, poorly cared for boat shoes that have been worn for three straight months without socks. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 8 June 2022 See More
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 May 2022 Afterward, members returned to their Eastland frat house for an afterparty. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 May 2022 What happens when scamsters start harvesting aging frat boys’ passwords and credit card numbers via acoustic fibers woven into their sleeveless sweaters? Joe Queenan, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022 The ads were all about frat boys with the look of rugby and lacrosse jocks, who became, in the quarterly coffee-table catalogues, the stud next door. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2022 Foltz was allegedly told to finish the bottle and that members of the frat would take care of him, according to the lawsuit. ABC News, 24 June 2022 Those arrests followed the arrests Monday of 10 members of the frat, also ranging in age from 18 to 21. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022 The fraternity leaders at the MSU party are now facing criminal charges, as is a member of the Missouri frat. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2022 But for every aspirational photo of JFK at sea there are 100 real-life encounters with schlubby frat bros trudging about in cheaply made, poorly cared for boat shoes that have been worn for three straight months without socks. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1895, in the meaning defined above