‘
Up the fret’ is used in place of words like
stressed, annoyed or anxious. It originated in Melbourne Australia and is a reference to the
fret board of a guitar as well as the word fretful. How ‘
up the fret’ (stressed) you are is quantifiable by placing a number between 1-24 after the phrase (fret 1 being almost completely relaxed)
Example 1: Dude... I’m so
up the fret right now. That guy just
pissed in my living room.
Example 2: AHHHH!!! I just missed my flight by like 2 minutes! I’m easily at
fret 20!
