frankenfish

frankenfish
1) genetically modified fish, escapees from aquaculture facilities, introduced predators and, by extension, any fish deemed harmful in some way through human action. Derived from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, in which Dr. Frankenstein created a monster
2) to destroy through high voltage and, by extension, to frazzle or wear out (slang)

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