Another Frankenterm

[Paul McFedries]

This was published in The Independent last Sunday:

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M&S SELLS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FRANKENPANTS

MARTINE McCUTCHEON wears them. So, at the opposite end of the fashion
spectrum, does Lady Thatcher. But Marks & Spencer's knickers, which were
roundly condemned last week by the firm's own shareholders for being
unsexy, are indeed not what they seem. They are, in fact, "genetically
modified".
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Apparently, it's the knickers' cotton that has been genetically
modified.

Paul
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