BEST Synonym for "montage" listed in Merriam/Webster's online dic

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In this poll please vote for what, in your personal estimation, is "simply the best" synonym out of these guys. And please, do tell a friend.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
omnium-gatherum	6
farrago	1
macédoine	1
pastiche	1
mélange	1
olio	1
jambalaya	1
gallimaufry	1
patchwork quilt	0
patchwork	0
welter	0
olla podrida	0
muddle	0
potpourri	0
ragbag	0
variety	0
tumble	0
stew	0
smorgasbord	0
shuffle	0
scramble	0
salmagundi	0
salad	0
rummage	0
ragout	0
motley	0
miscellany	0
mixed bag	0
grab bag	0
crazy quilt	0
collage	0
clutter	0
botch	0
assortment	0
alphabet soup	0
agglomeration	0
gumbo	0
hash	0
hodgepodge	0
mishmash	0
miscellanea	0
menagerie	0
medley	0
litter	0
jungle	0
jumble	0
hotchpotch	0
agglomerate	0

― dell (del), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:53 (fourteen years ago)

Are any of those really synonyms for "montage"?

― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:07 (fourteen years ago)

omnium-gatherum for the all-win

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)

farrago

― in an arrangement that mimics idiocy (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)

If those words are all synonyms for "montage", I'd love to see MW's definition of "synonym"! And how could they include "stew" and "gumbo" and "salad" and "smorgasbord" but not "casserole"? And they got room for redundancies like "hodgepodge/hotchpotch" and "miscellany/miscellanea" but overlook some real heavyweights like "assemblage" and "cornucopia"?

I think "medley" is the only real synonym up there, the only one that really implies the necessary sequentialism. But if we're just voting for a favourite, then "omnium-gatherum" it is.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 22:26 (fourteen years ago)

salmagundi http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

― past life utah saints (dave cool), Wednesday, 13 July 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)

It could be set up like thesaurus.com, where they have subentries for similar words and all the synonyms for those too. Which can actually be useful if the initial word you looked up was imprecise and one of those entries better captures your meaning.

But of course there is the bigger question of whether it is possible to have a 'true' synonym, for every word has a differing etymology or connotation, even if only slight.

― emil.y, Thursday, 14 July 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)

i think you're right, i'm pretty sure that's how it's set up

+ good point

― dell (del), Thursday, 14 July 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)

Ack. Belief in perfect synonyms is naive. I once had a co-worker who'd grouse about people who'd tell him to look words up instead of "just telling me what it means". Hey, I just learned what a dieresis is!

― B'wana Beast, Thursday, 14 July 2011 01:48 (fourteen years ago)

omnium-gatherum is great, but i gotta go with jambalaya, as i want that word to mean as many different things as possible

― Drugs A. Money, Thursday, 14 July 2011 01:50 (fourteen years ago)

I will need about 7 months to decide indeed, how did you know?

― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2011 05:50 (fourteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 18 February 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:01 (thirteen years ago)

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