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[GOO-lawsh', GOO-lash'] 
1. a rich meat stew, usually with beef, veal, or lamb, and vegetables, seasoned with paprika
2. an uncoordinated mixture of different elements; a jumble; a hodgepodge: "Jason wore a goulash of skater, punk, and office clothes, all of which were secondhand."
Origin:
Approximately 1866; borrowed from Hungarian, 'gulyashus,' from 'gulyas': herdsman + 'hus': meat. In action:
"As Anne Washburn's 'The Internationalist' suggests, it's not an attractive thing to be thought American--boorish, overconfident, swathed in false bonhomie. Arriving for a week's work at a foreign office, Lowell radiates bravado, but jet lag, language constraints, and an agonizing cocktail soon unman him. Though the other characters all speak passable English, they also converse in their native tongue, a Romanian-sounding goulash in which words such as sunfish and circus freak occasionally appear. Unable to make himself properly understood or to correctly interpret those around him, Lowell descends into a welter of confusion and sleeplessness. Washburn, with assistance from director Ken Rus Schmoll, infuses the scenes with acute dialogue and gentle menace. While the narrative arc is ultimately disappointing, the scenes shiver with delicate threat and unease. The structure may be lackadaisical, but the atmosphere is taut."
Alexis Soloski. "The Outsiders: American aliens (at home and abroad) drive two new plays." [Theater Review: 'The Internationalist' by Anne Washburn] The Village Voice (May 10th, 2004).
"As the 10 new mainly former soviet bloc countries join old Europe, the gastronomic iron curtain is set to be rent in two.
And supermarket food buyers are busy adapting traditional eastern European recipes for the British palate.
Both Asda and Marks and Spencer food planners have been undertaking culinary adventures at some of London's top eastern European restaurants.
Asda Innovation Chef Neil Nugent said the store was looking at some of the classic dishes from these regions such as borsch (beetroot soup) and Hungarian goulash (a classic meat stew)."
Hannah Goff. "Supermarkets to bring us new EU taste," BBC News Online (April 28, 2004).
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