mishmash
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noun
a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
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| —n | |
| a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch | |
| [C15: reduplication of | |
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Mishmash
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mishmash
mid-15c., mysse-masche, probably an imitative reduplication of mash (1).
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Example sentences
The resulting packages are a mishmash of policy proposals.
Household rubbish presents special problems, since it is an unpredictable mishmash of all sorts of stuff.
Cutting and pasting also produces a mishmash of styles and teaching approaches, creating confusion.
The rest of the column is a mishmash of half-truths and bald-faced lies.
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