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.
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A TikTok dance mashup of sorts, the routine showed off moves made famous on the platform, in addition to some stellar splits and twerking.
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.
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.
A Twitter user has created a mashup of the PlayStation 5's Spider-Man: Miles Morales footage with Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
“A mashup of a hundred-dirty cop movies and true-crime exposes, reimagined and repurposed into one indelible storyline.
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.