olla podrida

noun

ˈä-lə-pə-ˈdrē-də How to pronounce olla podrida (audio)
Definition of olla podridanext
as in medley
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things the olla podrida of tongues that one hears on the streets of a bustling metropolis like New York City

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  1. medley
  2. assortment
  3. variety
  4. collage
  5. jumble
  6. alphabet soup
  7. crazy quilt
  8. patchwork quilt
Noun
  • The band played a medley of midtempo, downbeat, and atmospheric arrangements, with Glasper providing sparse, complimentary vocals and jokingly claiming credit whenever one of the musicians would turn in an impressive solo performance.
    William E. Ketchum III, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • His chance encounter with the piano led Jones to try a medley of instruments before settling on the trumpet.
    Kristin McGrath, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of medley
Noun
  • There’s a big crowd sipping on an assortment of cocktails from the open bar while watching the results come in.
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
  • What's in the Military Aid Package According to the DoD, the package—which will be drawn from U.S. inventories—will include a large assortment of equipment and weapons.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • Studies have shown the cannabis plant can help with a variety of medical ailments, including anxiety.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The rapper has been involved with a variety of political causes, largely Democratic ones, per the newspaper.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of variety
Noun
  • One study showed that kids who played with salt-dough for 25 minutes, rather than completing a text-copying task, were subsequently more creative in a collage activity.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The printer delivers glossy prints with vibrant colors, and the companion app provides useful features like collages, templates, and basic filters to enhance your photos all for under $100.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of collage
Noun
  • Owners’ names now read like jumbles of computer code, retirement homes or rock bands: Silver Sage, Dream Homes, Blue Apple, P Fin VII, Wref II, 3xs2, Vivid, Straight Red Lines, TKJK, Jags Proper.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
  • Think of it instead as a Rube Goldberg machine, reimagining doodles as dense jumbles of steps and if-then rules.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • The television industry invites jargon like few others, an alphabet soup of specs and techs.
    Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The union is often derided for its confusing alphabet soup of acronyms and overlapping foreign policy institutions.
    Kathleen R. McNamara, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2014
Definition of alphabet soup
Noun
  • Spoonful, Woody Guthrie, and Eleanor Roosevelt – that just captured the whole crazy quilt of the Village arts and politics scene.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Woodcock’s solution is to go back to regulation; the government should renew the old restrictions on fares so consumers get clarity and fairness rather than today’s crazy quilt of dynamic pricing and extra fees.
    Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • Motivating soldiers in this patchwork quilt, especially given their limited training time, will be difficult.
    Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
  • However, that number is augmented by a patchwork quilt of other offsets and exemptions available to productions in various specific jurisdictions in the Empire State.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of patchwork quilt
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