Franken-
prefix
informaldisapproving(alsofranken-)uk/fræŋ.kən-/us/fræŋ.kən-/used todescribesomething that isconsideredto befrighteninganddangerousbecause of theunnaturalway in which it wascreated,especiallybecause of having beengeneticallymodified(= having had somegeneschangedscientifically):
Environmentalistsfearthatfarmershave nowspreadthis Frankencorn into mostpartsof thecountry.
Theycreatedageneticallymodifiedorganismnicknamed "Frankenfungus" that wassupposedtokillchestnutblightbut not thechestnuttree.
See also
Frankenfood
Frankenstein
- HeclaimsgeneticmaterialfromGMOhas beenspreadto non-GMOcropsmilesaway by "Frankenpollen"blowingin thewind.
- They may beplantingFrankencrops or justconventionalhybrids.
- Thegroupsaidhybridpoplarswithmodifiedgeneswould be "frankentrees".
- Thefishis notlabelled"Genetically Modified" so we don’tknowif we areeatingwild,farmed, or frankenfish.
- Someconsumergroupscalled thebiotechtomatoa Frankentomato anddemandedthat it should bebanned.
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- heterodox
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- presence
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped
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Frightening and scaring