fratty en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹæti/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From frat + -y.
Meanings
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(US, slang) Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.
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.
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, →ISSN: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.
2019, Madeleine Henry, Breathe In, Cash Out, page 189:(The boys they consort with tend to be of the fratty variety.)
2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:I can never hear the professor because these fratty guys spend the whole class talking about partying.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frattiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| frattier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |