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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Isbell has certainly written his share of personal love songs before, but probably never so many mash notes all at once. — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025 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

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First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

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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 25 Mar. 2025.

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