Word info

mashup

Noun

Meaning

(informal) Something consisting of two or more components combined together.
(art, slang) An artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.

(music, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.
Coordinate terms: blend, medley

(chiefly computing, slang) A derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.

(Internet) A Web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source.
This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

A TikTok dance mashup of sorts, the routine showed off moves made famous on the platform, in addition to some stellar splits and twerking. Source: Internet

A Reddit user combined Microsoft Flight Simulator using the former's WeakAuras add-on, and the result is a predictably weird mashup that nevertheless makes it feel like an Azerothian extension wouldn't be entirely unwelcome in the latter game. Source: Internet

A second mashup of videos Sunday lasting more than 90 seconds showed two white men, who contended that their “OK” hand gesture wasn’t a symbol indicating white power. Source: Internet

A Twitter user has created a mashup of the PlayStation 5's Spider-Man: Miles Morales footage with Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Source: Internet

“A mashup of a hundred-dirty cop movies and true-crime exposes, reimagined and repurposed into one indelible storyline. Source: Internet

La Parka’s style was celebrated with a fitting song and dance to a mariachi mashup of, “Thriller,” with El Charro Gonzalez and skeleton saloon girls dancing along. Source: Internet

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