noun General Slang

frappe

· noun · boston

A Boston milkshake — actually made with ice cream.

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In Boston, this is a proper milkshake — milk, syrup, AND ice cream blended together. Order a 'milkshake' in Boston and you'll get just milk and syrup, no ice cream. Pronounced 'frap', one syllable, no fancy French ending.

“Don't order a milkshake here, you want a chocolate frappe.”
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frappe In A Sentence

Don't order a milkshake here, you want a chocolate frappe.

Origin & Usage

From French 'frappé' (chilled, iced), but Bostonians stripped the accent and the second syllable. Distinct from the Starbucks 'Frappuccino' which came much later.

Variants frap
Tags #boston#new-england#food#ice-cream

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