Frad

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

 <Ricrob> myst: you frad
 <citrus> bill gates is a frad

The term can also be combined into other words and phrases for humor value, for example:

 <Arno> fraddididity (n.): The presence or property likened to a frad; 
        having frad-like properties.
 <DVS01> hmm, myst you gave me an idea.. New OS: FradBSD
 <Fradman> Frad Flinstone

Origin

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. An IRC bot named "frad" was used to run several IRC channels for a time.

The term has fallen into some disuse in recent years, probably as many of the people aware of the term have since left the Doom community.