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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