Delta Gamma
 

I never understood the negative connotations the word "frat" had until i joined Delta Gamma Fraternity. Yes, for those of you that do not know, Delta Gamma is a fraternity. I personally become annoyed by the use of the the word "frat" because it relates to me too. I have learned to ignore people as much as i can who use the word "frat" because i realized that they do not realize how important the term fraternity means to me and they do not realize the impact of greek life.

Delta Gamma Fraternity...not a sorority! :D

frat=bad
fratty=good

My fraternity doesn't like to use FRAT either. We correct anyone who does everytime... trying not to be rude of course.

Other organizations refer to themselves as frat. I don;t really mind.

old term
 

I pledged in fall '54 and the word frat was 'out' then, generally
said by ignorant people, but ignored. It was in our pledge book
not to use.
When our college doors opened wider and less than previously
qualified were matriculated, the word "frat" became gradually
in use. Glad to see some still do not like it.

I didn't rush until the spring, but for my fall semster I hung out with one fraternity on campus a lot. A few times I refered to them as a frat, and they would correct me and say it was "fraternity, and that no man in a fraternity should refer to their fraternity as a frat." One of my friends also said that when he came to school, he always said he would never join a frat. He was glad to say he didn't, he joined a fraternity.

Sigma Chi addresses this in our pledge book, The Norman Shield. It tells the brothers that we are a "fraternity", not a "frat". It also tells us that our official nickname is "Sigs" not "Sig Chi". I've had to clear that up with people on occasion.

As was said earlier, every "Sorority" is a Fraternity in all actuality. There is only one that is not, but I can't remember it's damn name. I'm told its because all others were helped founded by men, whereas theirs was founded by only women, but I really don't know.

also when rushees come in and say frat, we know who to black ball, they were just born GDI's (or ends up, tkes, betas, and sig eps)

Gamma Phi Beta is not a fraternity from what I have been told.

DaffyKD

It has nothing to do with the involvement of any men in founding -- that's a Greek urban legend. There are "Fraternities for Women" founded completely by women, and there are "sororities" that had assistance in founding from men.

The word "sorority" wasn't coined until it was first used by Gamma Phi Beta, founded in 1874. The organizations for women founded prior to that date were either "Fraternities (for women)" or "societies." Of those that came after that date, or that changed their names after that date (such as the Adelphian and Philomathean Societies, which became Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu), a choice was made as to whether the official name should be "fraternity" or "sorority."

By my count, 15 of the 26 members of the NPC are officially "Fraternities."

More on it here: are you a fraternity, or a sorority?

By "every 'Sorority'" you mean NPC, correct?

Every sorority founded after Gamma Phi Beta is a "sorority," the rest would be Fraternities for Women.

I mean the ones that matter.

To whom?

Some sororities founded after Gamma Phi Beta are fraternities in their formal names, but I know what you (Munchkin03 you) mean.

um... I'm having a hard time with this statement. My organization is most definitely NOT a fraternity, and it DEFINITELY DOES MATTER.

If not to you, then at the very least to me, and all of my 80 chapters worth of sisters, and of course the people we've affected through our programs.

But ... Audaz ... don't you know that only WASPs and the orgs founded by WASPs at least __insert arbitrary number of years ago here__ matter?!?! How can you have missed that memo??