Meaning of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in
English:
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
ADJECTIVE
(also supercalifragilistic)
informal
Extraordinarily good; wonderful.
Origin
1930s apparently a fanciful formation based on super, popularized by the 1964
film Mary Poppins.
Pronunciation /ˌsu pəkalɪfradʒɪlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪalɪˈdəʊʃəs/
‘the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’’
‘a supercalifragilistic day of fun’
‘Isn't it absolutely supercalifragilisticexpialidocious that Alan Shearer got a step closer to a trophy with Newcastle this weekend?’
‘Case in point: The supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Planetree Alliance.’
‘Although it misses the mark on a couple of occasions, I'm sure the families who are sure to
flock to it in their thousands will find it to be just supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’
‘Here's New Yorker cartoonist
Matthew Diffee with one of his inexplicably
rejected cartoons, from last week's supercalifragilistic
Rejection Show (which Diffee
co-founded, along with cheerfully deadpan host Jon Friedman).’
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (ˌsu pəkalɪfradʒɪlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪalɪˈdəʊʃəs)
