Hodge-Podge
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- Hodge-podge or hotchpotch or hotch pot is an English expression often used negatively, denoting a "mixture" or "medley" of things. According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary it is derived from the Middle English word hochepot and it is a: "Dish of many mixed ingredients, especially mutton broth with vegetables. This meaning of the word can still be found in the Dutch word "hutspot" (a dish of mashed potatoes with carrots and onions). In law it means a blending of properties (of intestate parents) for the purpose of securing equal division".
- Hodge-Podge the rabbit is a fictitious character from Berke Breathed's comic strip Bloom County. His best friends are Portnoy and Cutter John. Hodge is extremely conservative and fanatical about most things, though often ignorant and naive about just what those things are. When he found out that Portnoy was a Groundhog, Hodge stopped speaking with him because he did not associate with "pigs". The two eventually made up. Hodge later had an affair with Rosebud the Basselope, resulting in Rosebud's pregnacy.
- The Principia Discordia (the holy book of Discordianism) describes the relation of HODGE-PODGE to The Sacred Chao (Discordian holy symbol) as follows: The Sacred Chao is not the Yin-Yang of the Taoists. It is the HODGE-PODGE of the Erisians.
