mashup

plural mashups · alternative mash-up

1. Something consisting of two or more elements combined together.
   1. informalslangartAn artistic work that consists primarily of parts borrowed from other works, or features a mixture of genres.

      What's tiresome about Anna, though, is that it's such an obvious mashup of other movies, moving from homage right into ripoff.

      2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019

   2. informalslangentertainmentA remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.

      1 more example

      Rock, Hip-Hop, Country, Hardcore — all of it pales in comparison to this genre, one genre to rule them all: Soundclown. How do I describe this sound? Do I say, “it’s weird mashups”? No. Because that wouldn’t be accurate enough. Should I tell you it “blends of funny and popular songs, with the bmp^([sic]) and pitch altered in surprising ways”? Of course not. That does it no justice. I simply must show you.

      2016 May 23, Isabelle Hellyer, “Here are 9 of the Best and Most Upsetting Soundclowns we Could Find”, in VICE, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025

   3. informalslangcomputingA derivative work consisting of two or more 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.
   4. InternetinformalA Web application that combines data or functionality from more than one source.

      This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.