hodgepodge
pronunciation
How to pronounce hodgepodge in British English:
UK [ˈhɒdʒpɒdʒ]
How to pronounce hodgepodge in American English:
US [ˈhɑdʒpɑdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a motley assortment of things
- a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Word Origin
- hodgepodge (n.)
- also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (such as Middle High German hotzen "shake").
Example
- 1. Mrs clinton called them a " hodgepodge " .
- 2. Singapore is an extraordinary hodgepodge of health care principles , but it 's also a city-state whose health care system is comprised of fewer than 30 hospitals .
- 3. But there 's nothing that I would reveal to this hodgepodge of acquaintances , friends and family that I wouldn 't reveal to my parents .
- 4. Finance academics continue " churning out quantitative hodgepodge " and wall street and others continue to use it .
- 5. Yet without japan , the tpp would be a hodgepodge , bringing together countries as diverse as brunei , peru , vietnam and australia .