mashup
Britishnoun
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a piece of recorded or live music in which a producer or DJ blends together two or more tracks, often of contrasting genres
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a hybrid website that collates and displays information taken from various other online sources
Etymology
Origin of mashup
C20: from mash blend + up
Example Sentences
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Camp vulnerability and country vibes mingle in a mashup of queer exuberance and Marie Antoinette libertinism: between songs, Roan waves a pink feather fan.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
He also performed a “Winter Wonderland”/”Here Comes Santa Claus” mashup with Anna Kendrick in 2015’s “Pitch Perfect 2.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Their songs resembled a mashup of 80s rock bands – like "really classic rock hits that had been put in a blender".
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
In several ways, “Picturing Shakespeare” is the fulfillment of a PBS programmer’s fantasy mashup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Less successful were a half-baked mashup, “Beauty and Mr. Beast,” about the popular YouTuber, and a sorority sketch with Mikey Day as an interloping man wearing a bad facial disguise.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
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