Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Frankenstein

Frankenstein
-  A thing that becomes terrifying or destructive to its maker.

Image Credits : Tyrus Flynn
Usage:
- In arming the dictator, the US was creating a Frankenstein.
- Seeing 'Frankenstein' through the lens of climate change

Origin :
From the novel, The Modern Prometheus, a story of a young science student Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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