Members MsGuy Posted December 12, 2010 Members Posted December 12, 2010 I would wager that any writer that actually uses this word in a piece intended for publication has cum stains on his thesaurus. Or is wildly pretentious. Possibly both. gallimaufry [ˌgælɪˈmɔːfrɪ] n pl -fries a jumble; hotchpotch [from French galimafrée ragout, hash, of unknown origin] First Century Rome played host to a gallimaufry of religions. We have a gallimaufry of posters here at MER. Quote