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QuestionHugger-mugger HodgepodgeprotectorAspDotNetDev5 Oct '12 - 16:32 
  • Hodgepodge*
  • Hugger-mugger*
  • Helter-skelter*
  • Herky-jerky*
 
What do these words have in common? They are all roughly synonymous (confusion / disorder), they all follow the same rhythmic pattern, and they all start with the letter "h". Question is, how did so many words having this structural similarity happen to have the same approximate meaning?
 
This isn't a riddle. I'm just genuinely curious. Any ideas or theories?
Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!
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AnswerRe: Hugger-mugger Hodgepodgemember_Maxxx_5 Oct '12 - 16:55 
GeneralRe: Hugger-mugger HodgepodgeprotectorAspDotNetDev5 Oct '12 - 17:08 
GeneralRe: Hugger-mugger Hodgepodgemember Michael Martin 6 Oct '12 - 1:01 
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JokeRe: Hugger-mugger HodgepodgememberKenneth Haugland5 Oct '12 - 19:28 
AnswerRe: Hugger-mugger HodgepodgememberCDP18026 Oct '12 - 4:15 
AnswerRe: Hugger-mugger HodgepodgememberChris Quinn7 Oct '12 - 22:20 
GeneralJust nipped in for a peememberDalek Dave5 Oct '12 - 14:20 
GeneralRe: Just nipped in for a peememberMichael Bergman5 Oct '12 - 17:59 
GeneralSee a pin, and pick it up...member_Maxxx_5 Oct '12 - 13:13 
GeneralRe: See a pin, and pick it up...memberKenneth Haugland5 Oct '12 - 19:25 
GeneralPost Prandial Delight...memberDalek Dave5 Oct '12 - 11:26 
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GeneralRe: Post Prandial Delight...memberEddy Vluggen5 Oct '12 - 12:55 
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GeneralRe: Post Prandial Delight...memberahmed zahmed5 Oct '12 - 12:04 
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GeneralWhat was I thinking?memberMehGerbil5 Oct '12 - 9:37 
GeneralRe: What was I thinking?protectorPete O'Hanlon5 Oct '12 - 9:42 
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GeneralRe: What was I thinking?memberahmed zahmed5 Oct '12 - 11:38 
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GeneralRe: What was I thinking?memberahmed zahmed5 Oct '12 - 12:00 
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GeneralRe: What was I thinking?memberMehGerbil5 Oct '12 - 10:36 
GeneralRe: What was I thinking?memberEddy Vluggen5 Oct '12 - 11:18 
GeneralRe: What was I thinking?memberMichael Bergman5 Oct '12 - 11:29 
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GeneralMaple syrupmemberCésar de Souza5 Oct '12 - 9:31 
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