"Frat" vs. "Fraternity"
 

I see a lot of people on here use "frat" even though I thought that was a strictly GDI term. Are there others on here that only say fraternity as well?

It all depends on the type of fraternity and the context.

I call NPHC fraternities "frat" sometimes and they often refer to each other as such.

Yea, if something hasn't been discussed in a year then I think its ok to make a new thread.

Gotta love noobz. :)

Jesus, not this topic again... :rolleyes:

i would give it at least two years. and even then id encourage the poster to search and bump the existing thread. unless a thread that was time-sensitive an the existing thread(s) doesnt apply anymore.

Maybe GDI's don't like being referred to as GDI's...

I know some GDI's love to be called GDI's and some don't for the 'god damn' implication. I use the term 'frat' when speaking to my brothers, however when I speak to outsiders, especially those who don't seem to 'get' the Greek system, I say fraternity just to leave the 'frat' connotation out of the mix. At my chapter, I was kind of a nazi about this. If I saw a member calling us a 'frat' to a pledge, I would step in and explain how we were not a 'frat.' Of course, some fraternities are a 'frat' and all fraternities have 'frat' chapters, and well if they want to use it, more power to them!

I personally feel it's a matter of who's saying it. A lot of my friends use frat just because it's quicker to say than fraternity - yes, a whole three syllables longer I realize, but still.

haha, as an inside joke my chapter calls them Gamma Delta Iotas

i call my fraternity frat, and i call my fraternity brothers, frat...


but thats just how us NPHCers do...

How long before someone brings up the "You wouldn't call your country...." example???:rolleyes:

I'm curious to know why you go by Phi Gam? I know that very few Phi Gamma Delta chapters use that nickname, most use FIJI. Why does your chapter (or you) use it?

Hopefully they won't now that you've called them out. :D

I wouldn't put money on that. We've seen this debate so many times, and I know I've seen people explain why it's a horrible example, and then we see someone throw it out there again 15 posts later, after the thread dies and then gets bumped.

It may take another n00b and a year or two, but it will happen.;):D

As the frat/fraternity debate grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving "country" approaches one. - AlphaFrog's Law #2

My farternity chapter uses "fraternity" and we call each other out when one of calls us a "frat." I like the country analogy.

AF, I was hoping someone would call them out before anyone actually brought it up, but, like you, I wouldn't be surprised if it still comes up.

And even if this topic was discussed before, I'm sure it was boring the first time around... Lame thread to begin with IMO.

Well let's keep this new thread going. :p

LOL! So what's AlphaFrog's First Law?

Sorry -- I know it was a typo, but it was a humorously ironic typo.

And whether you like the country analogy doesn't really make it any better an analogy. It's a stupid analogy because it compares apples and oranges. However much you may dislike the word "frat," that word is not and never has been considered an obscenity.

LOL @ the picture and your "receipt" signature.

Perhaps an edit in the first 2 words is desirable?

And wow, AF, within 3 minutes of your prediction! That must be a record!



ETA: And I wondered about the "PhiGam" thing too when I first saw the username, the FIJIs on my campus were militant about ONLY being called FIJI.

Seriously, it got posted WHILE I was posting my response to AF (so mine looks like I didn't read the thread).

lmaooooo...

That's the one about newbies who feel snarked looking back at that person's previous posts to determine that they are not, in fact, special. I just haven't had time to formulate it into a nice concise statement of law yet.;)

Oh, of course.

You wouldn't call your country a "cunt."

You wouldn't call your farternity a "fart."

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.

That sounds like two laws to me, I'm a little confused. I get the part about newbies feeling snarked on (of course I understand that one. Sigh.) but then there seems like there's a second part about them looking back at their own posts, or did you mean you looking back at their old posts to prove they're not special? That's where I get confused... :confused: If it's going to be a law, it needs to be easily understandable. Just trying to help ya formulate it coherently! :D

Actually, I can't remember who first said it, but I meant for the newbie to look back on the posts of the person who snarked them. If that person snarked other people, chances are, they're just snarky, and the newbie isn't special. It's in one of the newbie threads.

Ohhh... ok, that makes more sense. Maybe we could sticky the AlphaFrog GC Laws? It may help prevent some of the trainwrecks we've seen (mine included, lol).

Fiji is an island, Phi Gam is a fraternity.
I know the history behind the name Fiji but still don't like it, it sounds goofy.

Yes, PhiGam is a southern thing.

PhiGam sounds queer.

LOL @ You saying That. I love it.;)

Two shortened greek letters? Pretty standard name chief.

Only one is shortened.

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