- Alphabet soup
An "alphabet soup" is a metaphor for an abundance of
abbreviation s oracronym s, named for a common dish made fromalphabet pasta . Use dates at least as far back as Franklin D. Roosevelt'salphabet agencies of theNew Deal .Fact|date=September 2008 In theUnited 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, NCIS and INS. This phrase is especially used to described thealphabet agencies of the New Deal during the Great Depression.Similarly, the many sanctioning bodies of
boxing (e.g., WBA,WBO , IBF, WBC,IBA , etc.) are often referred to disparagingly as "alphabet soup organizations." At times, theCentral Asia nrepublic s (such asUzbekistan andKyrgyzstan ) that gained independence after the fall of theSoviet Union have been called "alphabet soup countries" because of their long and consonant-filled names.As part of the inclusive nature of the homosexual civil liberty movements, the initialism
LGBT is used to includeLesbian ,Gay ,Bisexual , andTranssexual /Transgender individuals. The ordering of initials is nonstandard and is often seen as GLBT or BLGT. Other initials may be added to include "A" for straight allies and/"or"asexual , "I" forintersex , "O" foromnisexual , "P" forpansexual , one or two "Q"s forqueer and/orquestioning , an additional "T" or numeral "2" forTwo-Spirit , and "U" for unsure. The theMidwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC) has been recognized and affectionately referred to as the Big Gay Conference and the Alphabet Soup Conference to include the long list of non-normative sexuality-related identities.
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