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Vocabulary > Language > Compound words > Mumbo jumbo, hunky dory
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AN OLLA PODRIDA is a gallimaufry, a
salmagundi, a potpourri, a hotchpotch,
a miscellany of ingredients cooked
together in the one pot.
It appears in Don Quixote as a long, slow-cooked stew,
“the rotten pot”.
Dish > A noble dish loved by Samuel Pepys > Olla podrida, Times, §1, 6.4.2005
mumbo jumbo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/dec/14/weekend.davidnewnham
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1066667,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1558087,00.html
jiggery-pokery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4242213.stm
itsy-bitsy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wheels/story/0,,1574631,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1053445,00.html
teensy-weensy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wheels/story/0,,1574631,00.html
hunky dory
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14409399%26method=
full%26siteid=50143%26headline=heart%2dscare%2dbowie%2d%2di%2dam%
2dhunky%2ddory-name_page.html
hanky-panky
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1245294,00.html
airy-fairy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1061-1865487,00.html
hoochie coochie
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1534695,00.html
hocus pocus
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/opinion/05krugman.html
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,500711,00.html
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,,941191,00.html
cheeky chappie
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1275396,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,870365,00.html
boogie woogie
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,,1644713,00.html
helter skelter
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyleague/story/0,,1765456,00.html
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,,1801627,00.html
razzle dazzle
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/feb/25/london-fashion-week-henry-holland-pictures?picture=343773255
http://film.guardian.co.uk/oscars/story/0,,921388,00.html
willy-nilly
http://www.guardian.co.uk/footandmouth/story/0,7369,802724,00.html
topsy-turvy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/politics/01zeleny.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2490085,00.html
nitty gritty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,715660,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19635,00.html
upsy-daisy
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/UPSYDAISY
fuddy-duddy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/opinion/27montross.html
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2922746
hush-hush
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/aug/05/energy.renewableenergy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/feb/15/weekend.jessicalack
hullabaloo
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08blow.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1141594,00.html
razzmatazz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/24/brown-mandelson-razzmatazz
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/0,,1539165,00.html
cuckoo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2428557,00.html
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1934382,00.html
pooh-pooh
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1937205,00.html
boondoggle
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/california-rail-project-advances-amid-cries-of-boondoggle.html
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