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alphabet soup

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alphabet soup
initialisms and acronyms, especially when used excessively. The names of these government agencies are just alphabet soup. Just look at the telephone book! You can't find anything because it's filled with alphabet soup.
See also: soup


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Lots of people think digital video file formats are terribly complex All that confusing alphabet soup seems like Greek Lots of people think digital video file formats are terribly complex.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: IT'S HARD ENOUGH finding art 26 fetters in a bowl of alphabet soup.
Smaller, regional parties are expected to play a key role in the election, after securing nearly 50 percent of the vote in 2004 and forcing the ruling Congress party into a coalition with an alphabet soup of local parties.
 
 
 
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