alphabet soup

noun

1. a soup containing small noodles in the shapes of letters of the alphabet.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alphabet soup¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Finding available names is especially difficult, which is why many pharmaceutical drugs just sound like random alphabet soup.

From Popular-Science

This alphabet soup is supposed to provide a shorthand for insiders, but it can also lead to things getting lost in translation.

From Digiday

Cybersecurity oversight is divided among an alphabet soup of agencies, hampering coordination.

From MIT Technology Review

The Liberian civil conflict was a bewildering alphabet soup of acronyms, each a rebel group led by a warlord.

From The Daily Beast

The problem with State of the Union speeches is that they are by their nature and design alphabet soup.

From The Daily Beast