alphabet soup

Meanings

1. A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.
2. A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.
3. A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.
4. A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters.
5. The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.