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rehash

rehash

6 6.2
A work made from old ideas with only small changes
  • noun
  • /ˈriˌhæʃ/
translation icon : refrito
  • Bringing up Romney's 47% comments would just be a rehash of what's been covered extensively in the media.

It's not just a rehash of people you already know, but a completely fresh discovery from a completely new character.

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Examples

  • Many see it as yet another rehash of distributed protocols.

    Blog text (26)
  • But instead of depth, we get this awful rehash of stories that have already been beaten to death.

    Blog text (19)
  • Determine whether the work is original or a rehash of earlier work.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It's all a rehash of Obama proposals from the first term.

    Blog text (11)
  • The work for my Berkeley presentation was merely a rehash, and I had time to walk.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • It's just a rehash of something that wasn't very good to begin with.

  • Cure Talk is not a traditional health care blog; we are not a rehash of mainstream health.

    Blog text (12)
  • Unfortunately, it looks like a rehash of some of his blog posts with updated commentary.

    Blog text (15)
  • Every interview I've read on L4D2 so far has been a rehash of the same info RTS provided.

    Blog text (11)
  • The documentary was criticized for being a mere rehash of previous films on the same topic.

Synonyms

retelling
vsrehash
13 3.0

A new version of a story that has been told before

covers any reused material presented as new not only stories
same old story
vsrehash
  • Informal
7 3.7

A situation that happens again and again and feels boring

refers to recycled content presented as new rather than a repeating situation
restatement
vsrehash
5 4.1

A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer

aims to reuse old material and pass it off as slightly changed new work
rerelease
vsrehash
1 3.6

A film, album or book made available again with new content

is a general recycled item presented as new across contexts
old wine in a new bottle
vsrehash
  • Informal
1 7.5

Someone presents a known idea as if it were new

is the version that has been slightly changed rather than exactly the same
réchauffé version
vsrehash
  • Literature
9.9

An idea or work copied from before that feels old and not new

is altered slightly and offered as if it were fresh

Antonyms

250 3.6

New and different, not copied from others

How Original

original
250 3.6
reworking
4 3.9
adaptation
60 3.4
rehash
6 6.2
to copy
328 1.0

Surface Forms

rehash singular
rehashes plural

Etymology

Rehash comes from re- 'again' and hash 'to chop' or a chopped dish, like corned beef hash. A helpful image is reheating chopped leftovers: a rehash is old material served again with only small changes.