frankenbite
frankenbite is the alternative form of Frankenbite.
Noun capitalized: Frankenbite
Frankenbite (plural Frankenbites)
- An audio clip on reality TV that appears to be a single, contiguous interview line, but is in fact built from several disparate recorded audio clips edited together.
- Editors work together with writers to splice together lines in what are known as "Frankenbites" to help create storylines with more comedic or dramatic impact.2015, Peter B. Orlik, Media Criticism in a Digital Age, →ISBN
- The "they sign up for this" part of the quote seems to refer specifically to cast members, but Pozner uses the Frankenbite example to reinforce the fact that viewers are being lied to as well, manipulated into seeing a reality that was never really there and buying into whatever moral judgment is...2018, Lucas Mann, Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV, →ISBN
Verb capitalized: Frankenbite
Frankenbite (third-person singular simple present Frankenbites, present participle Frankenbiting, simple past and past participle Frankenbited)
- To edit the audio footage of a reality TV show to combine several disparate audio clips into what appears to be a single line of dialogue.
- People can be 'Frankenbited'; their words taken out of context and edited in a certain way.2010, Katherine Lapworth, Get On TV, →ISBN
- We don't Frankenbite things, meaning we don't take 10 words from 10 different sentences and put them together.2012 September 19, Steve Pond, “'Survivor' Host Jeff Probst: Who Needs Emmys When You've Got 25 Seasons?”, in The Wrap
Forms of frankenbite
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | frankenbites |
| plural | Frankenbites |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frankenbites |
| present participle | frankenbiting |
| past participle | frankenbited |
| past | frankenbited |
| third-person singular present | Frankenbites |
| present participle | Frankenbiting |
| past participle | Frankenbited |
| past | Frankenbited |
Origin of frankenbite
From Franken- + bite, where bite refers to a sound bite.
Questions about frankenbite
- What does frankenbite mean?
- Frankenbite means an audio clip on reality TV that appears to be a single, contiguous interview line, but is in fact built from several disparate recorded audio clips edited together.
- What is frankenbite the alternative form of?
- Frankenbite is the alternative form of Frankenbite.
- What part of speech is frankenbite?
- Frankenbite can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of frankenbite?
- The plural of frankenbite is frankenbites.
Words near frankenbite in the dictionary
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