Franken
Franken- is a combining form meaning assembled from disparate parts, often crudely or unnaturally.
It derives from Frankenstein, the scientist in Mary Shelley's novel who stitched together a creature from corpses.
A Frankenfood is a genetically modified organism; a Frankenword is cobbled from mismatched elements.
The prefix implies something artificial and potentially monstrous: a Frankenbill patched together from competing proposals.
Living, sentient entity
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- brideWoman getting married
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
reanimation · Boris Karloff · Universal · gothic · horror · cadaver · lightning · castle
Pejorative for engineered edibles
- FrankenfishSci-fi horror about mutant fish
- splicedBound by interweaving
- chimeraUnrealistic fantasy or hybrid
- GMOLab-altered life form
modified · mutant · cobbled · patchwork · mashup · hodgepodge · amalgam · crossbreed
Newly created expression
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- coinageInvented term or currency
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
modifier · sensationalism · tabloid · pejorative · media · headline · buzzword · scaremongering
creature
Living, sentient entity
laboratory · reanimation · Boris Karloff · Universal · gothic · horror · cadaver · lightning · castle · Igor
Frankenfood
Pejorative for engineered edibles
- FrankenfishSci-fi horror about mutant fish
- splicedBound by interweaving
- chimeraUnrealistic fantasy or hybrid
GMO · modified · mutant · cobbled · patchwork · mashup · hodgepodge · amalgam · crossbreed · engineered
neologism
Newly created expression
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- coinageInvented term or currency
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
slang · modifier · sensationalism · tabloid · pejorative · media · headline · buzzword · scaremongering · colloquial
- wine regionsNapa Valley, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rioja, Tuscany
- German WineGerman wine, Riesling, Mosel, ice wine, Pinot Blanc
FrankenRush Limbaugh
Polarizing conservative radio commentator
Sean Hannity · Ted Cruz · Mitch McConnell · Newt Gingrich · Bill O'Reilly
- Frank Sinatra
- to be frankSpeaking without concealment
- Anne Frank
- Frankenstein's monsterAssembled reanimated corpse
- Dr. FrankensteinCreator of artificial life
- ballpark franksHot dogs at games