fraccent

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noun

A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounfraccent (plural fraccents)

plural fraccents

  1. CanadaUSuniversity slangA pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry.
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    Rowan D'boat (R. Will Jevon '27) brings "Total Drama Island"-esque physicality to the stage. He demands attention and laughs, even though his character is essentially redundant and often randomly absent from ensemble moments. His funniest moment is when he soliloquizes like Shakespeare with a "fraccent," — a highlight of the entire production.

    2025 March 4, Kate E. Ravenscroft, “'101 Damnations' Review: Lost Paradise with the Hasty Pudding”, in The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2026

Origin

  1. Englishfrat
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  3. Proto-Italic*ad
  4. Proto-Italic*ad-
  5. Latinad-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  8. Proto-Italic*kanō
  9. Latincanō
  10. Latinaccinō
  11. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  12. Medieval Latinaccentus
  13. Middle Frenchaccent
  14. Anglo-Normanaccent
  15. Middle Englishaccent
  16. Englishaccent
  17. Englishfraccent

Blend of frat + accent.

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APA

fraccent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent

MLA

“fraccent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fraccent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraccent.

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