A bowl of alphabet soup

Alphabet soup is a kind of soup containing noodles shaped like the letters of the Latin alphabet. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 431 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1300 × 1808 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 431 × 599 pixels Full resolution (1300 × 1808 pixel, file size: 1. ... Soup is a food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ... A cook making hand-pulled noodles. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

Alphabet soup is available as a prepared, canned vegetable soup with letter-shaped noodles. This type of soup is usually in the condensed form, to which the consumer adds water. A popular brand of condensed-style alphabet soup is Campbell's. Alphabet-shaped pasta can also be bought, and these noodles can be added to homemade soup. It is traditionally popular with American children and may be served by parents or schools to encourage young children to learn to read. Accordingly, the marketing of the product is geared toward young children. Campbell Soup Company NYSE: CPB (also known as Campbells) is a well-known American producer of canned soups and related products. ... Reading is a process of retrieving and comprehending some form of stored information or ideas. ...

Further information: Alphabets (pasta)

Alphabets Pasta, also referred to as Alfabeto, is pasta that has been mechanicaly cut or pressed into the letters of the Latin alphabet. ...

Metaphorical sense

In the metaphorical sense, an alphabet soup is an abundance of abbreviations or acronyms. In this sense, the term goes back at least as far as Franklin D. Roosevelt's alphabet agencies of the New Deal. Look up metaphor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... FDR redirects here. ... Cartoon parody of FDRs New Deal using alphabet cards In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched his New Deal to deal with the Great Depression. ... The New Deal was the name President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to the series of programs between 1933–1938 with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the Great Depression. ...

In the United States, the Federal Government is described as an alphabet soup on account of the multitude of agencies that it has spawned, including the NSA, CIA, FBI, USSS, BATF, DEA and INS. The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is the U.S. governments cryptologic organization. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The United States Secret Service is a United States federal government law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security (prior to the foundation of that department in 2002, it was under Treasury). ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE or ATFE) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. ... Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ... The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice and handled legal and illegal immigration and naturalization. ...

At times, the Central Asian republics (such as Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan) that gained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union have been called "alphabet soup countries" because of their long and consonant-filled names. Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      For other uses, see Republic (disambiguation). ...

The many sanctioning bodies of boxing (e.g., WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC, IBA, etc.) are often referred to disparagingly as "alphabet soup organizations." Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left hook) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism (from Latin), prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science[1] is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the sanctioning organizations currently recognizing world boxing champions. ... The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ... WBC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: White blood cell World Boxing Council The WBC, a music group Westboro Baptist Church Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad White Blood Cells (album) Washington Bible College Widcombe Baptist Church World Baseball Classic World Boardgaming Championships Womens Business Council... IBA or Iba may mean: Important Bird Area or IBA Independent Broadcasting Authority Indole-3-butyric acid - auxin, a plant Rooting hormone InfiniBand Architecture Institute of Business Administration Interceptor Body Armor International Bank of Asia International Bodyboarding Association International Boxing Association International Bryozoology Association International Business Alliance Ion beam analysis...

Cambell's alphabet soup has been exposed to have traces of Jolly Green Giant cum. People have worshiped an alphbet soup can that had the letters J-E-B-U-S. IT has also developed the popular gay phrase 'Atogie". Cambell created opium. MC donalds was goign to change its name to alphabet karate movement until hitler said no