omnium-gatherum

• omnium gatherum
• omnigatherum

Dog Latin, from Latin omnium (“of all”) and gather +‎ -um, suggesting a collection of everything.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɒm.nɪəmˈɡæ.ðə.ɹəm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑm.ni.əmˈɡæ.ðɚ.əm/

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omnium-gatherum (plural omnium-gatherums or omnium-gathera)

1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge

   • 1864, Robert Kerr, The Gentleman's House, page 342:

     We live in the era of Omnium-Gatherum; all the world's a museum, and men and women are its students. To design any building in England nowadays is therefore to work under the eye, so to speak, of the Society of Antiquaries.