pharming

American  

[fahr-ming] / ˈfɑr mɪŋ /

noun

1. the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.

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pharming ¹ British  

/ ˈfɑːmɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice of rearing or growing genetically-modified animals or plants in order to develop pharmaceutical products

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pharming ² British  

/ ˈfɑːmɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice of redirecting computer users from legitimate websites to fraudulent ones for the purposes of extracting confidential data

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Etymology

Origin of pharming

First recorded in 1990–95; from pharm(aceutical) ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ), modeled on farming ( def. )

Example Sentences

What i kno about pharming, aint wuth mutch enny how, but I undertook teu brake a kicking heifer once.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

Just take the theory out ov pharming, and thare aint nothing left, but hard work, and all fired lite krops.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.