"Frat-tastic." It's a word often heard around Grounds -- but not a word often defined. The same goes for its feminine counterpart, "srat-tastic." Sure, we love to throw these words around -- as in, "Wow, that cigarette burn in his North Face fleece is so frat-tastic") -- but what do they actually mean?
Usually, when we seek to discover the meaning of a word, we turn to a reputable source such as a dictionary. But I have a hunch that you're not going to find these words in Webster's. Take hope, though. You're not going to find "kegstand" either -- and we all know that's a perfectly valid word.
So to further explore the true meaning of "frat-tastic," we must delve deeper into the very nuances of this distinctive trait.
After almost four years' worth of ardent observation, I have come to this conclusion: there's simply no way to define frat-tasticness.
As some very famous singing nuns once said, "How do you catch a wave upon the sand? ...How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"
Sure, they were talking about another very famous singing nun, but they might as well have been talking about frat-tasticness. It's simply an essence, an aura, if you will, that cannot be degraded and restricted by the limitations of a sentence. So, in an effort to capture the elusive spirit of frat-tasticness and srat-tasticness, I give you not a definition, but a list of elements that each, in part, help to build the distinctive aura that comprises these commonly used terms. And please -- let's have no clamor over stereotyping here because if you can't see yourself in at least one of these components, then you should probably crawl out from that rock you've been living under.
You might be "Frat-tastic" if:
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