| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| pastiche (n.) |
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| has three current meanings: (1) “a work of literary, musical, or visual art made up of pieces and echoes of other such works—a kind of scrapbook or quilt of recognizable bits”; (2) “an imitation, caricature, or parody of another artistic work”; and (3) as an extension of the first sense, “a hodgepodge, a mixture of this and that, a collection without order.” This last meaning tends to undo the force of the first two, and it appears to be getting more and more use in Standard English. Today, if you wish to use either of the first two senses, you’ll do well to make context indicate which of them you intend, especially since the third sense is pejorative. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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