Frad

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:

&lt;Ricrob&gt; myst: you frad &lt;citrus&gt; bill gates is a frad

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

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