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a soup containing small noodles in the shapes of letters of the alphabet.[1905-10]
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alphabet soup
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alphabet soup — noun informal a confusing or confused mixture of things. Origin early 20th cent.: alluding to a kind of clear soup containing pasta in the shapes of letters … English new terms dictionary
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