Mashup
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Mashup (or mash it up) is a Jamaican Creole term meaning to destroy. In the context of reggae or ska music, it can take on a positive connotation and mean an exceptional performance or event. The term has also been used in hip-hop, especially in cities such as New York that have a high Jamaican population.
In popular culture, Mashup usually means:
- Mashup (music), a musical genre of songs that consist entirely of parts of other songs
- Mashup (web application hybrid), a website or web application that combines content from more than one source
- Mashup (video), a video that is edited from more than one source to appear as one
- Mashup, in parts of the UK also means a brew, or a pot of tea (colloq. Yorkshire)