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The only verb that turns chaos into a recipe.

means To combine two or more things so thoroughly that they form a new, blended whole.

from From Old English 'miscian,' tracing back to the ancient Proto-Indo-European root 'meik-,' meaning to mix or mingle. That same root, through Latin 'miscere,' gave English words like 'miscellaneous' and 'mingle' — so 'mix' has been quietly stirring other words together for thousands of years, too.

miscere root
also fathers miscellaneous, promiscuous, meddle
DJ sense
first recorded musical use dates to 1938
mixtape origin
born from 1970s cassette culture and boredom
chemistry vs cooking
one makes compounds, one makes dinner, both explode sometimes
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