The Hotchpotch

Hotchpotch

A confused mixture of different things:

• New Age thinking seems to be a hotchpotch of old and new ideas.

(especially British English)

(North American English usually hodgepodge)

Origin:

Late Middle English: variant of hotchpot from Anglo-Norman French and Old French hochepot, from hocher 'to shake' (probably of Low German origin) + pot 'pot'.