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.
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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
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
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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
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
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“Mash note.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash%20note. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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