frankenpine
n.— «Frankenpine is a term used to describe a cell phone tower disguised as a tree.» —“’Stealth Towers’ exhibit focuses on art, not controversy of the I-87 tower debate” by Rebecca Steffan Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranac Lake, New York) Aug. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In 1971, when a new public library opened in Troy, Michigan, famous authors and artists were invited to write letters to the city’s youngest readers, extolling the many benefits of libraries. One of the loveliest was from E.B. White, author of...
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union kicked Pluto off its planetary pedestal. In his delightful book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Bookshop|Amazon) astronomer Mike Brown recounts the events leading up to the demotion of that...