Frommash(“to convert into a mash; to mix thoroughly”) +up.[1]
mashup (pluralmashups)
- (informal) Somethingconsisting oftwo or moreelementscombined together.
- (art, slang) Anartisticwork that consistsprimarily ofpartsborrowed from other works, orfeatures amixture ofgenres.
2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, inThe A.V. Club[1], archived fromthe original on4 November 2019:What’s tiresome aboutAnna, though, is that it's such an obviousmashup of other movies, moving from homage right into ripoff.
- (music, slang) Aremixcreated by combining two or moresongs from differentartists into one piece ofmusic.
- Coordinate terms:blend,medley
- (chiefly computing, slang) Aderivative work consisting of two or morepieces of (generallydigital)mediajoined together, such as avideoclip with adifferentsoundtrackapplied forhumorouseffect, or amapoverlaid withuser-supplieddata.
- (Internet) AWebapplication that combines data orfunctionality from more than onesource.
This app is amashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.
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
remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2006;“mashup,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
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