Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. computing, slang A derivative work consisting of two pieces of (generally digital) media joined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a map overlaid with user-supplied data.
- n. music, slang A remix that combines two or more songs from different artists into one track.
- n. Internet a Web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source.
Etymologies
- From mash up, in turn from mash and up. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I think the term mashup has become so fast and loose for me that I am starting to apply it to just about everything that is remixed.”
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Oh death, ooooooo death
“The term mashup has been used in the music industry for quite some time to define the result of producing a new sound by mixing two or more existing pieces together, so it's easy to guess that in the world of web applications the term means the ability of an application to combine data from more than one source.”
“Like many other buzz-laden terms (Web 2.0, for instance), the term mashup isn't subject to formal definition by any standards-setting body.”
“Everything, that is, except the 1,200-square-foot house where she lives and has honed her aesthetic, which she describes as a mashup of Caribbean colors and Asian textiles.”
“* This Dark Knight/Toy Story 2 mashup is an instant classic of the genre.”
“BOTTOM LINE: While it's not a bad story, a Star Wars/zombie mashup is not the automatic win you think it might be.”
“(The name mashup comes from popular music, where it refers to a song constructed from parts of other songs.)”
“Maybe, but “99 Luftproblems,” the Jay-Z/Nena mashup, is fantastic.”
“So, the first mashup is Uncle Buck, a truly GREAT movie.”
“An internal Google Maps mashup is mapping places mentioned in books.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mashup’.
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The Buzz
The bang, the cannonade,
the bale, the hum.lab situation, media, startup, scientific, gameplay, social, intuitive, creative, collaborative, funding, non-governmental ..., consultant and 124 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1078 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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words everyone hates but I like
supposably, true dat, anywho, anyways, whatevs, chillax, aight, mashup, narrow and deep, hilarz
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Culture Jamming
appropriate, subvertise, adbust, detournement, carnivalesque, remix, mashup, critical, protest, subvertisement, adbusting, disrupt and 47 more...
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Web Words to Know
Neologisms, portmanteau, and adapted words that pertain to the internet and technology.
blog, collective intell..., crowdsourcing, flash mob, follow friday, google, groundswell, hash tag, lifecasting, lurker, mashup, meme and 15 more...
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Xuer's Words
real, xuer, china, shanghai, internet, readwrite, craigslist, google, delicious, flickr, douban, 37signals and 109 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Collagency ✂
Comparing images, cut-up, and mixing meaning.
clusterfuck, fungible, juxtaposition, assemblage, cut, paste, arrangement, theme, symbolism, association, amalgam, represtational and 110 more...
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Spod's Words
corpulent, squidge, squiffy, sinuosity, ebullient, finger, penetrate, stimulate, recalcitrant, recidivist, dunnock, rococo and 152 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1500 more...
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Tech Words
A list of words and terms for technology tools.
geek, meme, tweet, blog, vlog, social network, micro blog, tumblelog, tag, tag cloud, mashup, folksonomy and 23 more...
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Muddly words
You'd be surprised at what you find here!
agglutination, ana, potpourri, gumbo, amalgamation, agglomeration, stew, attic, basement, garage, mishmash, stash and 18 more...
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Computers, Internet, and Technology
deprecate, polymorphism, immutable, blog, instantiate, superclass, subclass, interface, abstraction, script, compiler, internet and 18 more...
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michaelnewman's Words
shenanigans, affordances, machinima, bedraggled, fancy-pants, meme, felliniesque, planimetric, macerate, whip pan, videoblog, deposition and 56 more...
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jdfalk's Words
prang, asshat, goob, phatic, kinda, ghee, stabby, tivo, spooge, spume, splode, splody and 17 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mashup.
kchace2 A mashup seems to be an unexpected blending of two or more unlike things--e.g., "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," a 2009 literary mashup that combines Jane Austen's classic novel of manners with "ultraviolent Zombie mayhem". Jun 9, 2009
mbury Combining information from various sources e.g. Maps and GeoTagged data such ask crime reports to create a new way of viewing data/information. Jun 8, 2009