mash-up

American  

[mash-uhp] / ˈmæʃˌʌp /

Or mashup

noun

Informal.

1. Music. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.

2. a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources.

   an adventure/horror/war movie mash-up; a web mash-up that overlays digital maps with crime statistics.

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Etymology

Origin of mash-up

First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase mash up

Example Sentences

A slop bowl has become internet parlance for a particular mash-up of ingredients — warm grains, vaguely globally inspired proteins, a surcharge for avocados — served up at fast-casual restaurants where the selling point of the cafeteria-style assembly line is efficiency, not flavor.

From Salon

On the screen is a video—YouTube—and it’s a mash-up of some cop show’s credits and my school picture and footage from the fire.

From Literature

That mash-up revealed the two sides of Sombr.

From BBC

And for horror-loving Austen fans, there’s always “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” a 2009 mash-up novel by Seth Grahame-Smith featuring a fictional zombie plague set in the Regency era.

From Los Angeles Times

The quirky mash-up of sequins and flannel gets reenacted here, but this would be a richer movie if it explored why a Seattle grunge band rocketing toward mega-stardom would whisk this act along for the ride.

From Los Angeles Times