mashup
See also: mash-up
English edit
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Etymology edit
From mash (“to convert into a mash; to mix thoroughly”) + up.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæʃˌʌp/
Audio (RP) (file) - Hyphenation: mash‧up
Noun edit
mashup (plural mashups)
- (informal) Something consisting of two or more elements combined together.
- (art, slang) An artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.
- 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2019:
- What’s tiresome about Anna, though, is that it's such an obvious mashup of other movies, moving from homage right into ripoff.
- (music, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.
- (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.
- (art, slang) An artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.
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Translations edit
something consisting of two or more elements combined together
artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres
derivative work consisting of two or more pieces of media joined together
Web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source
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remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music
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References edit
- ^ “mash-up, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2006; “mashup, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- mashup (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mashup novels on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mashup (video) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mashup (web application hybrid) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- mashup (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia