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artsy-farsty, hunky dory, namby-pamby,

helter skelter, mumbo jumbo...

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11 August 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/aug/10/
ben-jennings-on-the-tory-deputy-chair-and-small-boat-arrivals-cartoon

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November 12, 2022

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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        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/aug/28/health.publicservices

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/20/referenceandlanguages.radio 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/dec/14/weekend.davidnewnham

mumbo-jumbo        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/04/05/
522738015/is-neuroscience-rediscovering-the-soul

 rumpy pumpy        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/may/06/
why-are-we-so-bad-at-talking-about-sex

artsy-fartsy        USA

https://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2022/11/12

jiggery-pokery        UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4242213.stm

herky-jerky        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/
opinion/sunday/corporations-will-inherit-the-earth.html

itsy-bitsy        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/21/motoring

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/oct/02/research.highereducation2 

teensy-weensy        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/sep/21/motoring 

hunky dory

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/17/
houston-we-have-a-lot-of-problems-is-mars-one-too-good-to-be-true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunky_Dory

hanky-panky        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/jun/23/
art2 

airy-fairy

namby-pamby        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/aug/10/
ben-jennings-on-the-tory-deputy-chair-and-small-boat-arrivals-cartoon

hoochie coochie        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jul/23/
guardianobituaries.artsobituaries 

hocus pocus        UK / USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/opinion/05krugman.html

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/jun/03/election2001.politicalcolumnists2

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/apr/22/iraq.iraq1 

cheeky chappie        UK

  https://www.theguardian.com/g2/
story/0,,1275396,00.html - 4 August 2004

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jan/08/society.london

boogie woogie        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/20/9 

helter skelter        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/may/02/rugbyleague.sport1

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jun/20/cricket.lawrencebooth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Helter_Skelter_(song)

razzle dazzle        UK / USA

http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/
theater/reviews/pippin-directed-by-diane-paulus-at-the-music-box-theater.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/feb/25/
london-fashion-week-henry-holland-pictures?picture=343773255

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/mar/25/artsfeatures.awardsandprizes

willy-nilly        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/04/
david-duchovny-im-not-just-throwing-on-a-kilt-willy-nilly

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/02/footandmouth.sarahhall

topsy-turvy        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/
opinion/coronavirus-treatment.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/us/
politics/same-sex-marriage-utah.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/
politics/01zeleny.html

nitty gritty        UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03lvsj3 - 8 March 2016

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/sep/17/schools-teachers-tips-for-parents

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/15/race.world 

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/
query/0,5753,-19635,00.html  

upsy-daisy

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/
upsy-daisy

fuddy-duddy        UK / USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/opinion/27montross.html

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2922746

hush-hush        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2003/aug/05/energy.renewableenergy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/feb/15/weekend.jessicalack

hullabaloo        UK / USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08blow.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1981/may/14/race.world 

razzmatazz        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/sep/24/brown-mandelson-razzmatazz

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/jul/30/cricket.lawrencebooth

cuckoo        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/29/military.politics 

pooh-pooh        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/nov/02/
theairlineindustry.greenpolitics 

boondoggle        USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/california-
rail-project-advances-amid-cries-of-boondoggle.html

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