Skipping one's classes or other academic obligations for an extended period of time in order to pursue other, more socially rewarding activities, such as drinking, golfing, and deep sea fishing. Other acceptable albeit less fratty activities include sleeping, movie-watching, and playing Call of Duty.
Zach showed up to Intro to Accounting for the first two weeks but then decided to go on fratbatical and wasn't seen until the final exam.
any extended period of leave from one's customary habit of always being on facebook, absorbing more meaningless drivel from people you haven't missed for years but are now somehow your FB friends, for the purpose of performing work, getting rest or to acquire new skills or training, etc. In other words, to get a life.
Patti's life had become a train wreck, her facebook addictionalmost worse than meth. She clearly needs a fabbatical.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.