In "hodgepodge," the gnomes got a little trickier, perhaps, realizing that if they hyphenated all of their nonsensically-redundant words, we'd be onto them. So, they went with a closed compound, here, but the gnomishness (and gnomish sentiments) remain intact...
hodge·podge
Pronunciation: \ˈhäj-ˌpäj\
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of hotchpotch
Date: 15th century
: a heterogeneous mixture : jumble
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