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- 16-May-2008, 02:01 #1
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hodgepodge What does the word "hodgepodge" mean in this case?
Gov. Timothy Kaine (D) today unveiled the details of his transportation funding plan, and they don't include a hodgepodge of various fees and taxes.
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- 16-May-2008, 02:22 #2
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Teacher Re: hodgepodge It is a (confused) mixture of fees and taxes.
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- 16-May-2008, 10:35 #3
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Re: hodgepodge hodgepodge = hotch-potch (thick soup or stew of meat and vegetables), mess-up, mix-up, farrago (an assortment or a medley; a conglomeration)
- 16-May-2008, 10:39 #4
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Re: hodgepodge Fyi: the etymology has been attested as follows: alteration of hotchpotch (c.1386), from a legal term in Anglo-Fr. (attested from 1292) for collecting of property in a common pot before dividing it, from O.Fr. hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. hotzen "shake"). (Etymology on-line)
