mixed message
noun
A message which conveys contradictory or inconsistent information, often unintentionally; (in plural) messages which (apparently) contradict each other.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Funny Folks.
- pulsatility
- pulsatilla
- pulsation
- pulsational
- pulsation theory
- pulsative
- pulsator
- pulsatory
- pulse
- pulse amplifier
- pulse amplitude modulation
- pulse code
- pulse code modulation
- pulse coding
- pulse column
- pulse compression
- pulse curve
- pulsed column
- pulsed Doppler
- pulse dialling
- pulse-Doppler
- pulse duration modulation
- pulse frequency modulation
- pulse glass
- pulse jet