Mishmash
noun
A confused mixture of different things.
The music was a mishmash of old and new styles mixed together.
Often appears as...
- mishmash of styles
- cultural mishmash
noun
A confused mixture of different things.
The music was a mishmash of old and new styles mixed together.
Often appears as...
- mishmash of styles
- cultural mishmash
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Not Uniform
Mishmash implies a mix without uniform or orderly structure, often appearing unplanned or random.
Her essay was a mishmash of unrelated ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Use 'mishmash' in casual conversation or writing, as it has a colloquial tone.
The party decor was a cheerful mishmash of colors and patterns.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Negative
'Mishmash' can have a negative connotation, suggesting messiness or lack of cohesion.
The furniture in the room was a mishmash, giving a cluttered feel.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Uniform
Mishmash implies a mix without uniform or orderly structure, often appearing unplanned or random.
Her essay was a mishmash of unrelated ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Use 'mishmash' in casual conversation or writing, as it has a colloquial tone.
The party decor was a cheerful mishmash of colors and patterns.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Negative
'Mishmash' can have a negative connotation, suggesting messiness or lack of cohesion.
The furniture in the room was a mishmash, giving a cluttered feel.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Uniform
Mishmash implies a mix without uniform or orderly structure, often appearing unplanned or random.
Her essay was a mishmash of unrelated ideas.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Usage
Use 'mishmash' in casual conversation or writing, as it has a colloquial tone.
The party decor was a cheerful mishmash of colors and patterns.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Negative
'Mishmash' can have a negative connotation, suggesting messiness or lack of cohesion.
The furniture in the room was a mishmash, giving a cluttered feel.
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Video examples
Are Birds Modern-Day...
avian traits many ancient birds would also exhibit this mishmash of traits but eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is the sparrow sighs sonorous sentences
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Encouraging A New-Born...
specialized anatomy to be able to get at larva that are burrowing underneath tree bark or in rotted logs it may look like a mishmash but in reality it's an evolutionary masterpiece they actually have this very elongated
Video examples
Are Birds Modern-Day...
avian traits many ancient birds would also exhibit this mishmash of traits but eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is the sparrow sighs sonorous sentences
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
specialized anatomy to be able to get at larva that are burrowing underneath tree bark or in rotted logs it may look like a mishmash but in reality it's an evolutionary masterpiece they actually have this very elongated
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Quote examples
Joel Kinnaman
Swedish Actor
In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father.
Quote examples
Benny Hill
English Comedian
The mistake British comedians often make is trying to beat the Americans at their own game - getting visiting American singers on their shows, talking about 'sidewalk' instead of 'pavement,' sitting on high stools in a white dinner jacket doing ballads. That way, you simply end up with a mid-Atlantic mishmash.
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Saul Bass
American Designer
In TV you have to open a show the subject, you deal with an idea. Then you deal with a sponsor - but fast. Then you have to announce the guest stars. As a result, you have a big fat 30, 40 seconds - 50 if they really lose their heads - to put together an unbelievable mishmash.
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Hozier
Irish Musician
Love isn't any one good thing; it's a very, very strange mishmash of emotions. Your love for somebody is, oftentimes, informed by the terrible things you might believe about yourself, and comparatively, the person you see them as is everything that you're not.
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Tony Fadell
American Inventor
No amount of data will tell you if a feature should be in the product, because it doesn't exist. You need to have a very clear leader with a clear point of view... otherwise, you get a mishmash of features and stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I've grown so accustomed to my life in L.A., going to a Coffee Bean or getting breakfast at Kings Road Cafe. I've seen a lot of the world, but the diversity we have here is different. It's a mishmash, which is a nice comfort.
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Joanna Scott
American Author
I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his essays and reviews, and it's enacted in his fiction in a mishmash of dizzying incongruities.
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David Seltzer
American Producer
When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.
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Anat Cohen
American Musician
Israel is a mishmash of other cultures. It's like New Orleans; it's a meltdown of other cultures.
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John Tiffany
English Director
I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms.
Quote examples
Joel Kinnaman
Swedish Actor
In Sweden, I went to an English school, where there was a mishmash of people from all over the world. Some were diplomatic kids with a lot of money, some were ghetto kids who came up from the suburbs, and I grew up in between. There's a community of second generation immigrants, and I became part of that because I had an American father.
Quote examples
Benny Hill
English Comedian
The mistake British comedians often make is trying to beat the Americans at their own game - getting visiting American singers on their shows, talking about 'sidewalk' instead of 'pavement,' sitting on high stools in a white dinner jacket doing ballads. That way, you simply end up with a mid-Atlantic mishmash.
Quote examples
Saul Bass
American Designer
In TV you have to open a show the subject, you deal with an idea. Then you deal with a sponsor - but fast. Then you have to announce the guest stars. As a result, you have a big fat 30, 40 seconds - 50 if they really lose their heads - to put together an unbelievable mishmash.
Quote examples
Hozier
Irish Musician
Love isn't any one good thing; it's a very, very strange mishmash of emotions. Your love for somebody is, oftentimes, informed by the terrible things you might believe about yourself, and comparatively, the person you see them as is everything that you're not.
Quote examples
Tony Fadell
American Inventor
No amount of data will tell you if a feature should be in the product, because it doesn't exist. You need to have a very clear leader with a clear point of view... otherwise, you get a mishmash of features and stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense.
Quote examples
Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I've grown so accustomed to my life in L.A., going to a Coffee Bean or getting breakfast at Kings Road Cafe. I've seen a lot of the world, but the diversity we have here is different. It's a mishmash, which is a nice comfort.
Quote examples
Joanna Scott
American Author
I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his essays and reviews, and it's enacted in his fiction in a mishmash of dizzying incongruities.
Quote examples
David Seltzer
American Producer
When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.
Quote examples
Anat Cohen
American Musician
Israel is a mishmash of other cultures. It's like New Orleans; it's a meltdown of other cultures.
Quote examples
John Tiffany
English Director
I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms.
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