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1. A motley assortment of things
   - odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum, bits and pieces, bits and bobs [Brit, informal], odds and sods [Brit, informal], mélange
    
2. A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
   - patchwork, jumble, hotchpotch

Derived forms: hodgepodges

Type of: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag [informal], mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, smörgåsbord, theory, variety

Encyclopedia: Hodgepodge