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I encounter the same uneducated people on my campus, it's mostly independant students that use the term "frat". Their excuse for not saying fraternity is that it's a lot easier to say frat than fraternity.
I used to let it bother me more than I do now, since I've come to the realization that no matter how many people I correct, there will be many more that still will use that term. I agree that sorority members should know better than to use the term "frat", but I know of members of other fraternities on campus that use it too, as in "this one guy in my frat..." I would think that my fellow greeks on campus would not want to degrade themselves like that, but come to think of it, those kind of people are the ones that act poorly in the first place.
Just my two cents...
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