I hate you like a sister…

Since I can only use the word companionship so many times, I decided to look up synonyms to vary my word choices.
So as I’m reading the differerent shades of meaning for companionship – like fellowship or hospitality or partnership – I come across this entry for fraternity:

Main Entry: fraternity Part of Speech: noun Definition: brotherhood Synonyms: Greeks, association, camaraderie, circle, clan, club, companionship, company, comradeship, fellowship, frat*, guild, house, kinship, league, letter society, order, organization, set, society, sodality, union

Antonyms: sorority
Source: Roget’s New Millenniumâ„¢ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.2.1) Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang

and it surprised the hell out of me. Sorority is the opposite of fraternity? I’m a firm believer in the existence of mean girls but I think that’s overstating the case for them, no? Surely sororities are also about camaraderie and companionship, fellowship and society.
I’m not sure if I think this is funny or disturbing. Or both.

Whew.

I’m convinced now that deadlines are to get writers to stop doing new drafts. I could have kept going, writing, re-writing, nitpicking, trying out different phrases, but it’s goddamn hot tonight, even with the AC on, and I haven’t gotten more than 6 hours’ sleep in like a week.
I’m pleased with it. I’m pleased with Betty’s Afterword. I’m amazed that I will have to wait until March for most of you to read it. But of course I’ll keep putting previews every month.
For those of you who are curious, there’s still copyediting, proofreading; we’re waiting for the cover design, and starting to figure out who might be willing to blurb. The business parts of publishing come next, and they are much, much easier.
So now to my celebratory Chipwich! Thanks, all, for your support. I hope it won’t disappoint.