Associations to the word «Hodgepodge»

Wiktionary

HODGEPODGE, noun. A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
HODGEPODGE, verb. (ambitransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.

Dictionary definition

HODGEPODGE, noun. A motley assortment of things.
HODGEPODGE, noun. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky