Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hodgepodge \Hodge"podge`\, n.
   A mixed mass; a medley. See {Hotchpot}. --Johnson.

Source : WordNet®

hodgepodge
     n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {oddments},
           {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle},
           {hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}]
     2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
        ideas [syn: {patchwork}, {jumble}]