mash-up

or mash·up

[ mash-uhp ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mash-up¹

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

Example Sentences

The name COVID-19 is a mash-up of several words.

From National Geographic Kids

Its name is actually a mash-up of three words: CO stands for "corona," which means "crown" in Latin, and the viruses are named for the crown-like spikes on their surface; VI stands for "virus"; and D is for "disease."

From National Geographic Kids

The five-piece, who've been setting chart records over in the US, jetted in for their first-ever UK performance, a mash-up of Chasing Lightning and the 90s house banger Crazy.

From BBC

"It's a mash-up of other people's ideas."

From BBC

Cowell, the show’s notoriously toughest judge, asked after the pair’s electrifying quarterfinals performance to a mash-up of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Me Now.”

From Los Angeles Times