To those who think my story is false, have you ever gone to college? Better yet, been in a fraternity? Wild, crazy, and outlandish behavior there is the norm.
And, us Greeks look down on the word “frat”. Say “fraternity”. Would you call your country a c-word?
I’ve heard that argument before and it’s a stupid one. That’s a common way to abbreviate words. Admin for administrator, ammo for ammunition, ad or advert for advertisement, mech for mechanical, etc.
Good point. There’s also the fact that he’s calling himself and his fellow fratboys “Greeks.” But they’re (probably) not Greek, but instead are members of a Greek-letter organization.
We don’t like the word frat because of the image it projects. There’s a huge difference between frat boys and fraternity men.
Frat boys: Wears cargo shorts and flip flops, gelled hair, Axe body spray, fist pumps, likely goes to a state school, likely from the Midwest or west coast, drinks corona and flavored vodkas, listens to too much rap music, goes clubbing, will let all kinds of undesirables join their fraternity and fraternity parties, major in communications, bartends or work at Verizon post-graduation, are classless jerks.
Fraternity men (that would be us): Wears bowties and boat shoes - seersucker suits - pastels - chinos, polos, and Oxford button downs - Omega sea diver watches - Ralph lauren, vineyard vines, j. Crew, Brooks brothers, southern proper - ray bans with croakies - bangs “alabama” swoop, like attends a private school, likely from New England or the south, drinks the finest whiskey, likes shiner bock and Abita purple haze, hunts - fishes - golfs- drives ATV in huge backyards of old money houses, listens to Springsteen, watches Wolf On Wallstreet once a week, hangs out at bars, selective on who they invite to parties and in their fraternity, majors/works in law - finance - medicine, and are wonderful gentlemen.
So it’s the sorority sisters who wear the hip waders? Because this story is getting deeper by the post. (Unless it’s for your creative writing class; in which case you deserve an A+.)
The first part of your post contradicts the second part.
You later describe a “frat boy” as “Wears cargo shorts and flip flops, gelled hair, Axe body spray, fist pumps, likely goes to a state school, likely from the Midwest or west coast, drinks corona and flavored vodkas, listens to too much rap music, goes clubbing, will let all kinds of undesirables join their fraternity and fraternity parties, major in communications, bartends or work at Verizon post-graduation, are classless jerks.” That sounds like someone for whom wild, crazy, and outlandish behavior is the norm.
Also, speaking as a someone who was in a fraternity (at an Ivy League university where many of your self-described “fraternity men” behaviors took place), I didn’t know of a single person there who had a problem with the word “frat.” I’ve always found the insistence that the word “fraternity” be used instead of “the f-word” to be pompous and asinine.
You crashed a pool into the basement? Guess what? You’re in a frat. I hope that the resulting damage didn’t destroy your finest whiskeys or ruin your ATVs for your backyard excursions.
You sound like insufferable little boys who define themselves by the clothes they were and the liquor they drink as opposed to being responsible young men who take responsibility for their actions.