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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
noun
- 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.”
verb
- 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.”