mash note

noun

: a usually sentimental or effusive note or letter expressing affection for the recipient

Examples of mash note in a Sentence

Her glowing review of his performance reads like a mash note from a lovesick fan.
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Alongside Turing, Strachey worked on several experiments with Artificial Intelligence: a computer that could sing songs, one of the world’s first computer games, and an algorithm to write gender-neutral mash notes that screamed with longing. Patricia Fancher, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2024 Love, Makoto writes a food-hall-size mash note to the tastes of Japan The omakase, or chef’s choice, starts with some snacks and hand rolls, one black with nori and filled with tuna, sweet Tokyo green onions and wasabi, the second white with soy paper and stuffed with warm crab. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023 Thank goodness for the cheat sheet, er, mash note, from the chef. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023 Unbeknownst to her, however, these miniature mash notes aren't just disappearing into the void. A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 May 2023 The album is an ode to the capital, but not a mash note. Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023 If Jet Runway Café is owner Mike Linder’s love letter to aviation and YOT Bar & Kitchen is his mash note to the sea, then his newest restaurant, South PMP, is securely on terra firma. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2022 The show has always been a mash note to documentaries Hader, Armisen and Co. have admired. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mash note was in 1890

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“Mash note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash%20note. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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