Frat pack

The Frat Pack (rarely referred to as the Slacker Pack) is a nickname given to a group of Hollywood actors, mostly men, who have appeared together in many movies since the mid 1990s. It was coined by USA Today in a story from June 2004.http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-15-frat-pack_x.htm

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1990s - USA Today - June 2004

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The name is a take-off of the Rat Pack, a nickname given to a group of performers that included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in the 1950s and 1960s, combined with the shorthand term for a college fraternity. The implication is that this group is a cross between the cool, hipness of stars in the past and the sophomoric or outrageous antics of more recent stars. The name is also a reference to the group's quintessential film, Old School. Another deviation from the Rat Pack moniker was the 1980's Brat Pack.

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Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra - Dean Martin - 1950s - 1960s - Fraternity - Old School - 1980 - Brat Pack

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