confused+mixture
41jumble — (v.) 1520s, originally to move confusedly, perhaps coined on model of stumble, tumble, etc. In 17c., it was yet another euphemism for have sex with (a sense first attested 1580s). Meaning mix or confuse is from 1540s. Related: Jumbled; jumbling.… …
42dog's breakfast — n a mess, a confused mixture. From the image of a mishmash of unappetising scraps. The expression (compare the roughly contemporaneous dog s dinner) is commonly applied to a misconceived or botched plan or display. The phrase dates from the 1930s …
43mishmash — [[t]mɪ̱ʃmæʃ[/t]] also mish mash N SING: usu a N of n (disapproval) If you say that something is a mishmash, you are criticizing it because it is a confused mixture of different types of things. The letter was a mish mash of ill fitting proposals… …
44hotchpotch — hotch·potch || hÉ‘tʃpÉ‘tʃ n. confused mixture, jumble; thick stew of vegetables or meat; hotchpot (Law) …
45mishmash — mish·mash || mɪʃmæʃ n. mess, mix up, jumble, confused mixture …
46mishmashes — mish·mash || mɪʃmæʃ n. mess, mix up, jumble, confused mixture …
47farrago — (fah RAH goh) [Latin: mixed fodder] A hodgepodge; a confused mixture …
48alphabet soup — noun informal a confusing or confused mixture of things. Origin early 20th cent.: alluding to a kind of clear soup containing pasta in the shapes of letters …
49farrago — [fə rα:gəʊ, fə reɪgəʊ] noun (plural farragos or US farragoes) a confused mixture. Derivatives farraginous fə rα:dʒɪnəs, reɪdʒ adjective Origin C17: from L., lit. mixed fodder , from far …
50hotchpotch — (N. Amer. hodgepodge) noun 1》 a confused mixture. 2》 archaic a mutton stew with mixed vegetables. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. and OFr. hochepot, from hocher to shake + pot pot …
