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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The car, a mashup of a 1970s-era Lotus Esprit and the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, has an electric drivetrain that can do 0 to 60 mph in 0.8 seconds.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
It now encompasses a mashup of disparate tire shops, oil change outfits and repair centers, including franchises and company-owned stores, that maintain their local identity but benefit from being part of a synchronized national network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
An unholy mashup of a waiting room and a bus, the people mover is slow, uncomfortable, and offensive to the eye.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The interrobang of the subtitle is a mashup of the question mark and the exclamation point that a New York ad man tried to popularize in the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“For me, that mashup was almost like a Lichtenstein painting,” Cage explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
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