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Frankenword
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frankenword
English
Noun
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en 1994 Analog Science Fiction & Fact 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=vqknAQAAIAAJ 114 11 "Frankenfood" carries connotations of mad scientists dabbling in Things Man Was Not Meant To Know and releasing their products into the environment to wreak havoc. In the same vein, might "Frankenfood" be a dangerous "Frankenword"?
en April 25, 2010 Frankenwords The Boston Globe To oldfashioned scholars talkathon and walkathon were doubly offensive Frankenwords