soup
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3. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.
soup up Slang
To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle): souped up the 1959 Ford; souping up old sound systems.
in the soup Slang
Having difficulties; in trouble.
[Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin Soup up, from