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 trio will perform a medley of songs from their career to mark 20 years since their debut.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Additionally, Blake Shelton will perform from Las Vegas, and the Jonas Brothers will perform a medley of hits right after midnight.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of medley
Noun
  • The company has also been successful in attracting consumers across income and age demographics while continuing to draw new and younger consumers through its range of assortment of different brands at bargain prices.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This 18-piece set has more than 30,000 five-star ratings and comes with an assortment of containers including spray bottles, cream jars, and squeezable silicone bottles.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • O’Grady gained notice in the arts world after working in a variety of other roles, including as a research economist and a rock critic.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, suits come in a wide variety of fabrics for an equally varied assortment of circumstances.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of variety
Noun
  • But here’s where Disney fans start pulling out the red thread and collage boards: Orlando International Airport (MCO) doesn't sell gum either thereby thwarting any would-be gum tossers from loading up on provisions before entering the parks.
    Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The holiday card includes a collage of images featuring the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as well as a rare, candid photo with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 17 Dec. 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
  • None of the rest of the alphabet soup of FLiRT family descendants constituted more than 5% of the bunch.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • But for now, its studio is crowded with an alphabet soup of glass tubing and metal letters as tall as 56 inches.
    John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of alphabet soup
Noun
  • Jason Schmidt The Best New York Art Shows of 2024 Outsiders, Renaissance masterpieces, crazy quilts, and more.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of crazy quilt
Noun
  • French Lick Springs Hotel (1845) French Lick, Indiana Located on the upper level of the hotel’s event center, the 2024 gingerbread house features a cobblestone fireplace and an edible roof that looks like a patchwork quilt.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Each of the 254 rooms here offer that signature quirky Treehouse aesthetic: rough-hewn wood furniture, wood ceiling beams, and colorful patchwork quilts that recreate a childlike sense of being in, well, a treehouse.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of patchwork quilt
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