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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This has been a common question from NASCAR fans for years, given the alphabet soup of networks where the sport’s top series air: FOX Sports, NBC, TNT, USA, The CW, FS1 and so on. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025 The potential investment in TKO follows a Saudi Arabian effort in June to create a multibillion-dollar boxing league that would aim to unite the world’s best boxers, who for decades have been divided by rival promoters and fighting for titles controlled by an alphabet soup of sanctioning bodies. Tariq Panja, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 During this PowerPoint-like alphabet soup, Adelman offered a new wrinkle about the offense. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 28 May 2025 Over the past eight decades, the United Nations has expanded to encompass an alphabet soup of humanitarian agencies and subsidiary organs with colossal, overlapping ambitions, supported by layers and layers of middle managers. Amanda Chicago Lewis, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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