The story
From Franken- + bite, where bite refers to a sound bite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it 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. Full definition →
From Franken- + bite, where bite refers to a sound bite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.