The neologism refers to music videos that can be mixed by VJs in the same way that DJs mix regular music singles.
The word was coined by a group of VJs in London in late 2003, at the This Is Clip Hop party during ResFest, organised by the audio-visual artist collective "0.1".
Vingles were subsequently seen in 0.1's launch party for Hewlett-Packard's HyPe Gallery project.. An example vingle would be Hexstatic's Timber.
[1] Apple Computer has applied for a trademark on the term.
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