v. To remove a working or functional piece of equipment from a non-functioning appliance or object, and use it to repair another.
by Michael Dwiggins February 9, 2007
The combination of two or more similar elements into one cohesive idea, image or item that appears seemless in presentation.
"Taking two different photographs of the same model, he Frankensteined that lingerie ad into the perfect pose!"
by Monkeyfuck McGrew September 9, 2005
To hack off choice bits of one or more existing items and then attach them to a new project, thereby bending them to suit your own requirements (diabolic or not). No gothic castles, fortuitously-timed electrical storms or god complexes required for this kind of assembly. Term introduced on the Handyman for the Common Man web TV show.
"To build your own awesome and inexpensive jib boom, you’ll need to frankenstein parts from an existing tripod and an L-bracket. With mad skills, all things are possible."
by The Handy Writer May 9, 2009
1) Matt: Come on man we gotta go
Kyle: Hold on man I'm Frankensteining my phone
Matt: You're what?
Kyle: Bringing it to life with electricity man
2) Dr: This man has gone into cardiac arrest and is fading fast we have to Frankensteining him (charges up defibrillators and shocks patient, monitor shows working heart beat)
Dr: Thank god we could Frankenstein him soon enough
Kyle: Hold on man I'm Frankensteining my phone
Matt: You're what?
Kyle: Bringing it to life with electricity man
2) Dr: This man has gone into cardiac arrest and is fading fast we have to Frankensteining him (charges up defibrillators and shocks patient, monitor shows working heart beat)
Dr: Thank god we could Frankenstein him soon enough
by Sir JamesH March 6, 2015
Verb. To combine two things in a crude manner, in which the component parts are still easily visible.
I was hungry but I wanted neither the fish nor the chicken, so I took a needle and thread and frankensteined them together.
by Buddy9090 July 3, 2011
I have a term paper due in the morning but I didn't write a whole new paper. I just frankensteined a couple of old projects together.
by KJLII July 22, 2008
A book by Mary Shelley in which a man by the surname of Frankenstein discovers a method of creating life, and in doing so creates a monster whom he then abandons. The monster's life is a living Hell from that point forward, and he eventually sets out to get revenge upon his maker. The story has symbolic references to many things, including the importance of parenting and the evils of playing God. Either way, a firmly held belief among morons is that the monster's name was Frankenstein, when in fact the monster was never named.
"Ugh, dude! You look like Frankenstein!"
"Yeah, dude, well you look like you need to read up on your freaking nineteenth century literature!"
"Yeah, dude, well you look like you need to read up on your freaking nineteenth century literature!"
by Pyro62S August 17, 2005