fratty

English

Etymology

From frat +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹæti/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æti

Adjective

fratty (comparative frattier, superlative frattiest)

  1. (US slang) Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.
    I can never hear the professor because these fratty guys spend the whole class talking about partying.
    • 2019, Madeleine Henry, Breathe In, Cash Out, page 189:
      Industrials is the frattiest banking group at Anderson, and that's saying something. This is probably their only free hour all week, and they're going to want to have a good time with their friends.
    • 2023 April 25, Amanda Holpuch, Julie Creswell, quoting Alissa Heinerscheid, “2 Executives Are on Leave After Bud Light Promotion With Transgender Influencer”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Critics of the advertisement with Ms. Mulvaney had found a podcast interview from March in which Ms. Heinerscheid said that some of Bud Light’s previous advertisements had “fratty, sort of out-of-touch humor” and that the company would need to be more inclusive for its demographic to grow.
    • 2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York[2], archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
      (The boys they consort with tend to be of the fratty variety.)

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