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Originally posted by justamom
Well to all you pictionary people who like to envision an image with a word-my sincerest apology!
WHY??? Because I will refer to my son as my boy...not my "man"
and if you just take it on a step further. he, in my eyes will ALWAYS be my boy and his friends will be boys and on and on...
I promise, I'll try to refrain from saying thing like fraternity-guys. boys, or sorority girls. Be happy I haven't used "frat" in years.
My son, my BOY, never heard it.
Some people take things way TOO SERIOUSLY! 
In the scheme of things, this is so pitifully minute on the scale of world issues.
.........................but that's OK!
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Call it dumb, but I think there's a difference between calling a son a boy and calling someone else a frat boy. I think in a societal context, to a lot of people the term frat boy is demeaning and they use it in a demeaning manner -- although I will admit that not everyone who says it probably means it that way.
Even at that, I call our son, our son as opposed to our boy. Same with our daughters -- they're our daughters, not our girls. Mrs. DeltAlum is much more likely to use boy and girl when talking about the kids. Maybe it's Just A Mom thing. (Play on words intended)
I also suspect that as your son grows a bit older, he may object to being called frat boy. I doubt, though, that he will ever object to being called your boy.
At least that's the way I see it.
As for frat vs. fraternity -- I strongly prefer the second, but the first only really bothers me when used with "boy."