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mélange
mé·lange
 ,
n., pl. -langes
 .
a mixture; medley.
[1645–55; < F; OF meslance, equiv. to mesl(er)
to mix (see MEDDLE)
+ -ance n. suffix
Î
Gmc -ingō -ING1]
(Random
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I've been very aware of and distressed by
the fact that women of my own generation don't typically define
themselves as feminist. To a tragic extent, feminism has been co-opted
by global capitalism. The whole ladette culture, with its images of
women as consumers and sexual materialists, represents an assimilation
of gender culture into a nasty, consumerist mélange of idiocy.
Anything that lauds promiscuity as a sign of freedom is fucked, I
think. ——
Children of the Revolution; Guardian;
March 01 2003
Britons as a people are assumed to have been a purely Celtic race descended from the Celts in Gaul or indirectly from those in Ireland. By the time of Caesar's invasion in 54BC, the Britons were already a mixed race of Celts and Germans. The islands were also occupied by Pictish peoples, who are thought to have come from the Baltic region. They occupied Caledonia, now Scotland, and Hibernia, now Ireland, where the Scots had already settled in that confusing
mélange brilliantly parodied in 1066 and All That. ——
Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor;
'Be
Any British You Like, But be Proud';
Telegraph; April 20, 2001
Interspersed with diverse
lectures and classroom activities were periods of financial
difficulty, military service, and employment as a private tutor, all
of which added to the curious mélange of experiences
that would ultimately blossom into his unexpected and remarkable
life's work. —— Norman
Brosterman, Inventing Kindergarten
Synonyms: assortment, hodgepodge, medley,
mishmash
See also:
gallimaufry
n. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley; a
ragout or hash..
salmagundi
n. a mixed dish consisting
usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs,
onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad; any mixture or
miscellany..
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