# Why is "Fratboy" such an insult?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 6, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126 "2009-04-06T14:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126/201 "2009-04-11T05:32:23Z")

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> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#):
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> On what evidence do you base that assertion?

It was published in the (now apparently defunct) NASPA Journal, which according to its website does not require or conduct peer reviewing prior to publishing articles.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126/202 "2009-04-11T05:43:40Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> It was published in the (now apparently defunct) NASPA Journal, which according to its website does not require or conduct peer reviewing prior to publishing articles.

Am I looking at the wrong NASPA Journal? Here’s [the one that I saw](http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/policies.html). (Scroll down to the “Editorial Review Process” section.)

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126/203 "2009-04-11T05:48:06Z")

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> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#):
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> Am I looking at the wrong NASPA Journal? Here’s [the one that I saw](http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/policies.html). (Scroll down to the “Editorial Review Process” section.)

That’s editorial review, not peer review. They review methodology, but they don’t review whether or not the conclusions are borne out by the data.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126/204 "2009-04-11T06:04:45Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> That’s editorial review, not peer review.

:smack: Why, so it is.

It’s been a long week, and my reading comprehension skills appear to have deteriorated. My team is in tech-review hell right now, and upon seeing the word “review” I automatically went to the “Of _course_ they’re verifying whether the data is accurate!” place.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fratboy-such-an-insult/492126/205 "2009-04-11T13:53:44Z")

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> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#):
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> On what evidence do you base that assertion?

Um… [on their website.](http://publications.naspa.org/naspajournal/policies.html)

Thin, I know. :rolleyes:

On preview, I see this point has been made and acknowledged.

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