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 restaurant’s veggie penne pasta ($17) comes with a medley of vegetables with a roasted tomato-coconut sauce.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Carrie Underwood is set to perform just before the ball drops, ringing in the new year with a medley of her greatest hits.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of medley
Noun
  • Check in here: Runners will find a warm welcome at Corpo Santo Hotel, a property near the finish line that offers a marathon kit filled with an assortment of amenities, including water and energy bars along with a complimentary massage.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Oort Cloud Sam Walters is a journalist covering archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution for Discover, along with an assortment of other topics.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of assortment
Noun
  • Whether this theory is correct or not, climate change has been intensifying a variety of extreme weather events, including droughts.
    Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The old is dying, the new cannot be born, and a great variety of morbid symptoms has appeared.
    Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of variety
Noun
  • The buzzword might feel trendy, but the concept goes deeper than aesthetic collages or repeating affirmations in the mirror.
    Daisy Maldonado, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Make your collage by affixing the materials to the base.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 31 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
  • Over the past eight years, Los Angeles voters have supported an alphabet soup of ballot propositions intended to address the region’s homeless crisis.
    Jessica Goodheart, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The National Film Registry Board selects the films and is composed of members from AMPAS, AFI, DGA, the MPA, NATO, the ASC, the WGA, and a whole bunch of other alphabet soup organizations.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of alphabet soup
Noun
  • The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Jason Schmidt The Best New York Art Shows of 2024 Outsiders, Renaissance masterpieces, crazy quilts, and more.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 13 Dec. 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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