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A Boston Globe reporter wrote in 1992 that Frankenfood “summed up nicely the monstrous unnaturalness of such controversial new products as genetically enhanced tomatoes and chromosome-tinkered cows,” and quoted the delighted Lewis, today chairman of the English Department, saying: “It has a phonetic rhythm, it’s pithy and you can use the Franken- prefix on anything: Frankenfruit … Frankenair … Frankenwater.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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A Boston Globe reporter wrote in 1992 that Frankenfood “summed up nicely the monstrous unnaturalness of such controversial new products as genetically enhanced tomatoes and chromosome-tinkered cows,” and quoted the delighted Lewis, today chairman of the English Department, saying: “It has a phonetic rhythm, it’s pithy and you can use the Franken- prefix on anything: Frankenfruit … Frankenair … Frankenwater.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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