mishmash
[mish-mahsh, -mash]
- a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
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Also mish·mosh [mish-mosh] /ˈmɪʃˌmɒʃ/.
Origin of mishmash
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Contemporary Examples
“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.
Meet Kip Thorne, the Man Who Crafted the Artful Science of ‘Interstellar’Asawin Suebsaeng
November 14, 2014
I tried to repair the damage as best I could, but in the end the book was a mishmash of competing ideas with no clear narrative.
As a result, insider trading has been loosely defined through a mishmash of confusing verdicts and precedents.
Her blog, Atlas Shrugs, is a mishmash of her inane views on a wide range of social and political issues.
But this mishmash of possibilities does illustrate the quandary facing wives-to-be in certain social circles.
Historical Examples
He spoke very politely in a mishmash of Servian and Italian.
Through the Land of the SerbMary Edith Durham
mishmash
- a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch
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Word Origin
C15: reduplication of mash
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Word Origin and History for mishmash
n.
also mish-mash, mid-15c., mysse-masche, probably an imitative reduplication of mash (n.).
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