Frankenfood

Grant Barrett gbarrett at AMERICANDIALECT.ORG
Tue Jul 13 03:23:03 UTC 1999


This comes from ProQuest direct:

He Created a Monster Word Boston Globe; Boston, Mass.; Oct 14, 1992; Muro, Mark;

UMI Publication No.:    02030245

Start Page:     75
Document Type:  Feature
Source Type:    NEWSPAPER
ISSN:   07431791
Subject Terms:  Newspapers
English language

Personal Names:         Lewis, Paul (professor)

UMI Journal Code:       BOSTAbstract:
Paul Lewis, an English professor at Boston College, coined the word "Frankenfood" in a letter he wrote to the New York Times deriding genetically altered foodstuffs. The word has since shown up in several newspapers.

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Grant Barrett

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