gallimaufry: \ gal-uh-MAW-free \ , noun; 1. A hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. Origin: Gallimaufry , originally meaning "a hash of various kinds of meats," comes from French galimafrée , from Old French, from galer , "to rejoice, to make merry" (source of English gala ) + mafrer , "to eat much," from Medieval Dutch maffelen , "to open one's mouth wide."
