alphabet soup

noun

: a hodgepodge especially of initials (as of the names of organizations)

Examples of alphabet soup in a Sentence

a bowl of alphabet soup the alphabet soup of designer drugs that were available to patrons of the once-notorious disco
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And then there are the specialists, who see the value in this software applied to their particular fields, where, for example, OpenEvidence can help in wading through the alphabet soup of specialized clinical work. John Werner, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Troops and agents from an alphabet soup of different agencies have set up checkpoints on busy city arteries, injecting their authority into daily life. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025 Landecker, whose middle name really is Records, left WLS in 1981, going through an alphabet soup of radio stations, including stops in Toronto and Cleveland. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 That’s the best way to describe how the Boys in Blue have acted as the city emblazoned on their hats and road jerseys battles Donald Trump’s toxic alphabet soup of federal agencies that have conducted immigration sweeps across Los Angeles over the past two weeks. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for alphabet soup

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alphabet soup was in 1884

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“Alphabet soup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alphabet%20soup. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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