mish ‧ mash /ˈmɪʃmæʃ/ BrE AmE noun [singular]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: mash ]
informal a mixture of a lot of very different things that are put together in a way that is not organized SYN hodge-podge
mishmash of
The magazine is a jumbled mishmash of jokes, stories, and serious news.
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THESAURUS
■ an untidy mixture
▪ jumble a lot of different things mixed together in an untidy way:
Rae looked through the jumble of old record albums and tapes.
▪ mishmash /hodgepodge informal a mixture of a lot of different things, styles etc that do not seem right together:
If you look closely at the individual buildings they are a real hodgepodge of styles.
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The story is a bit of a mishmash.