frankenbite

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English

Noun

frankenbite (plural frankenbites)

  1. Alternative form of Frankenbite
    • 2014 April 1, Kendra Koger, “It Wasn't Me: 14 Reality Stars Who Avoid Blame”, in Madame Noire:
      We're all very aware of the possibilities of editing, or the use of frankenbites, but for some people, they seem completely oblivious to their own behavior and are dedicated to expressing how [insert fall person/editing device] is really to blame.

Verb

frankenbite (third-person singular simple present frankenbites, present participle frankenbiting, simple past and past participle frankenbited)

  1. Alternative form of Frankenbite
    • 2014, Julie Moffett, No Biz Like Showbiz: A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, →ISBN:
      Thank goodness it wasn't a live show. None of the contestants or stage crew were present, and the studio remained fairly quiet. The show was pre-taped, the clips already chosen and the conversations stitched together by frankenbiting, which made them about as fake as you could get.
    • 2015 July 18, “Made In Chelsea, Lookalikes, UnREAL: how reality television got weird”, in The Guardian:
      Shows such as The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent now acknowledge that producers’ votes count for more than judges’: footage is pejoratively edited; conversations are “frankenbited” to manufacture stories; and some singers are pitch-corrected.