混こん交こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

mixture; mixing; jumbling together

General term for mixing different things together, often with a sense of disorder or lack of clear separation. Can be used both as a noun and with する.

• 古こ今こん東とう西ざいの文ぶん化かが混こん交こうした街まち。

  A city where cultures from all times and places are mixed together.

• 事じ実じつと憶おく測そくを混こん交こうして話はなすのはよくない。

  It's not good to mix facts and speculation when you talk.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

contamination (linguistics)

Technical term in linguistics for blending of two words or forms into one, e.g., 'brunch' from 'breakfast' and 'lunch'.

• 「混こん交こう」は言げん語ご学がくで、二ふたつの語ごが混まざって新あたらしい語ごができる現げん象しょうを指さす。

  In linguistics, 混交 refers to the phenomenon where two words blend to form a new word.