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Mashup/mash-up: one word, two somewhat completely different meanings

Just for posterity before anyone gets totally confused:

Mashup - a term used in the DJ community, popular also with podcasting audiences and creators, referring to the creative blending of two or more songs into a single track, such as an MP3 mix.

Mash-up - a term used to describe the growing Web 2.0 community of developers that create new applications derived of public APIs like those from Google, eBay, Flickr, and Technorati.

Good grief.

Posted: Sep 03 2005, 11:04 PM by guam-aspdev | with 2 comment(s)
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mike said:

You don't seriously think that people are going to make a distinction based on a hyphen, do you? Hell, most people can't figure out when to use an apostrophe, much less a hyphen. (A sign at the school near me says "Parents pick-up your children here." Good grief.)
# September 9, 2005 1:12 AM

Jason Salas said:

hahaha! my take on the whole situation is that people view English conversations like web apps...they so often neglect proper use of context. :)
# September 9, 2005 1:17 AM
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