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  • noun UK, slang mission

Etymologies

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Simple spoken contraction of “mission”.

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Examples

  • In one factory, a worker who was forced to sign a document in Hebrew wrote in Arabic "mish aref" (I don't know)!

    LabourStart 2010

  • June 11th, 2006 but to be really hip you have to call the mish-mash of culture that spits out Cinco de Mayo that is celebrated by Anglos more than Mexican-Americans a "fusion."

    America is a melting pot joshenglish 2006

  • A related product, but not ripened, is mish, which is made by prolonged fermentation to the extent that maggots thrive in it.

    1 Upgrading Traditional Biotechnological Processes 1992

  • Instead of a focused effort to protect and recover lynx, what I've seen can best be described as a mish-mash of half-hearted bureaucratic muddling, with the exception of the Colorado Division of Wildlife's exemplary and well-executed lynx reintroduction program.

    Summit Daily News - Top Stories 2009

  • What makes these bars fun is that you can throw in any kind of mish-mosh and they will still be delicious.

    Halloween Candy Bars Melissa 2008

  • What makes these bars fun is that you can throw in any kind of mish-mosh and they will still be delicious.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Melissa 2008

  • At any rate, last weekend was my friend Mandy's baby shower, at my house, hosted by a kind of mish-mash of friends and relatives.

    Entertaining Friday: Baby Showers Kit Pollard 2009

  • This is going to be the best peanut butter-and-hot dog kind of mish-mash pop culture event ever!

    Stewie hits the USS Enterprise 2009

  • At any rate, last weekend was my friend Mandy's baby shower, at my house, hosted by a kind of mish-mash of friends and relatives.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Kit Pollard 2009

  • So the 'mish' people begged him to come in and politely wave his official wand.

    Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

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