frat rat

noun

A member of a fraternity.

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nounfrat rat (plural frat rats)

plural frat rats

  1. derogatoryoftenslangA member of a fraternity.

    Jesus, he had been a real fuckup in college, a frat rat, drinking, partying, playing golf, earning eighteen hours of fucking-off credit per semester, and screwing girls—What the hell was a sixteen-year-old girl doing at a goddamn frat party?

    2007, Mark Gimenez, The Abduction, New York, N.Y.: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 174
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    The purpose of [Matt] Gaetz and his frat rats wasn't to bring the facts to light, or to expose some nefarious behavior by the Democrats and Republicans on the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry, who were in the SCIF hearing the testimony of yet another fact witness in what is now absolutely established as a quid pro quo in Donald Trump's attempt to extort the Ukrainian government.

    2019 October 24, Rick Wilson, “Trump's Ukraine Clown Posse Sounds Like Shit”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2023

    The poems of Robert Frost whispered to her soul, carrying her through the hard times and lifting her spirits when the various college boys she'd met were little more than frat rats who wanted the one thing Greta was sure she did not want. At least, not then. Not yet.

    2020, Elizabeth Bromke, The Innkeeper's House: A Hickory Grove Novel, White Mountains, A.Z.: Publishing in the Pines, →ISBN, page 14

    Synonyms: frat boy

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nounA member of a fraternity.

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