bollix

noun

Definition of bollixnext
as in mishmash

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  1. mishmash
  2. shuffle
  3. clutter
  4. litter
  5. maelstrom
  6. hodgepodge
  7. miscellany
  8. morass
Noun
  • The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This show has always featured a strange mishmash of tones, but the ensemble is more spread out than ever now, and with Kevin Costner gone, there’s no longer an anchor.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of mishmash
Noun
  • This business is all about the little eccentrics out there who get lost in the shuffle.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Up ⬆ September 5 Photo: Jurgen Olczyk/Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection After a last-minute release-date shuffle, the year’s most elusive contender opened this Friday.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of shuffle
Noun
  • Closet bins and drawer separators Placing like-items in matching bins and creating compartments in drawers with dividers can help to cut down on visual clutter and achieve a cohesive look.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Avoid clutter or overly creative designs, as these can detract from your content.
    Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of clutter
Noun
  • The Retail and Wholesale Products Group saw a 10% increase in net sales to $79.5 million, largely due to new crystal cat litter products and stronger demand for co-packaged cat litter.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
  • People in Hartford seem to have more cats than dogs, so cat litter is also huge for us.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of litter
Noun
  • Then there are the white-knuckle car rides through the Pacific Northwest as an unstoppable cosmic maelstrom rips through its pristine wilderness.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The sheer number of actors would create a tumultuous maelstrom of its own.
    Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of maelstrom
Noun
  • The Panthers owe it to themselves to evaluate Young for a long stretch in a system much more dynamic than last year’s hodgepodge while playing behind a competent offensive line.
    Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Indeed, at least two states — Maryland and Maine — have issued warnings, saying that instead of comprehensive ACA coverage, these are often non-ACA products, amounting to a hodgepodge of discount cards, for example, or limited-indemnity plans.
    Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of hodgepodge
Noun
  • Yet this long, obscure miscellany turned out to be a garland of little gems.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • With your celestial ruler, Mars, joining forces with Jupiter in Gemini, the cosmos is inspiring you with a fiery burst of motivation to enhance your skills and tackle writing projects as well as other miscellanies.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
Definition of miscellany
Noun
  • For such writers and thinkers, including Jean-François Lyotard, Hannah Arendt, and Heinrich Blücher, history felt like a betrayal in which former traditions and institutions had collapsed, leaving behind a morass of emptiness and fractured communities.
    Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
  • He’s principally defined by having no clear place to be, which can be rich territory for psychological texture — or a narrative morass that bogs everything down.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Definition of morass
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