Words at Play : Top 10 Mashup Words
This one began life as a dismissive term for "a TV program that presents information (as news) in a manner intended to be entertaining."
In other words: "fluff that real journalists don't make."
More recently, however, it's been seen with an additional, neutral meaning: something (such as one of those screens in the back of an airplane seat) that offers a selection of information or entertainment programming.
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