Frad

Frad is a meme in the Doom community. It is often used in as an insult, although in a light-hearted way due to its meme nature.

The term originated with the following email sent to Simon "fraggle" Howard from a friend:

To: simon_howard@emarkt.com From: Nigel "P." Mulcaster <*****.*********@**********.***> Subject: Doom Date: Mon, 21 Apr 97 16:59:33 +0100 ( + ) To my mate Si', I ain't bean seant no doome. What gon rong? Whi so longe to arive? Is = these personne sendin' it me or no? When gott, wil it worke? Do it use much memoir? = 'as this blokee for got en to sen' it me? I don' thin' it comin'. You frad!!!! Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl &1st Duke of Argyll (c.1651-1703) NIGEL

The email was later posted on Tom "mystican" Robinson's website in his weblog. Discussion of the email on IRC and on websites led to it becoming a meme.

Mike "prower" Reid later registered the domain frad.org, which was used for email forwarding and to host a community blog website for a short time.