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What (who) is hodgepodge - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hodge-Podge; Hodge podge; Hodgepodge; Hodge-podges; Hodgepodges; Gallimaufry; Hodge-podge (disambiguation); Hodge-Podge (disambiguation)

hodgepodge         
also hodge-podge
A hodgepodge is an untidy mixture of different types of things. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, usually use hotch-potch
)
...a hodgepodge of maps, small tools, and notebooks.
= jumble
N-SING: usu with supp, oft N of n
Hodgepodge         
·noun A mixed mass; a medley. ·see Hotchpot.
hodgepodge         
¦ noun N. Amer. variant of hotchpotch.
Origin
ME: changed by assoc. with Hodge.

Wikipedia

Hodge-podge

Hodgepodge or hotchpotch describes a confused or disorderly mass or collection of things; a "mess" or a "jumble".

Hodge-podge may refer to:

  • Hodge-Podge (comics), a character from the comic strip Bloom County
  • Hodge-Podge (soup), a type of mutton soup
Examples of use of hodgepodge
1. The procedure is a hodgepodge of international and Iraqi law.
2. The Kremlin‘s criteria seem to have been formulated in a hodgepodge fashion.
3. A hodgepodge of hopelessly unrelated articles, proposals and ideas with a vague relationship to spending.
4. She certainly deserves a better showcase than this charmless hodgepodge of half–baked ideas.
5. Such a hodgepodge of obligations and exemptions would be intolerable in any other democratic country.