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"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (/ ˌ s uː p ər ˌ k æ l ɪ ˌ f r æ dʒ ɪ ˌ l ɪ s t ɪ k ˌ ɛ k s p i ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ ʃ ə s / ⓘ SOO-pər-KAL-ih ...
Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...
The attributed meaning is "a word that you say when you don't know what to say." The idea and invention of the word is credited to songwriters Robert and Richard Sherman . Agglutinative constructions
ultra: from Latin, meaning beyond; micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, meaning small looking, referring to the fineness of particulates; silico-: from Latin, silicon; volcano: from Latin, referring to volcano; coni: from ancient Greek (κόνις, kónis) which means dust-osis: from ancient Greek, suffix to indicate a medical condition
According to Wikipedia, in his book "Crazy English," Richard Lederer breaks down the meaning of the compound word which was a song and single from the 1964 Disney musical film "Mary Poppins."
It was not intended to enter English or to convey any meaning outside the Marry Poppins movie and has not been included in any standard dictionary In view of these facts, subsequent attempts to “rewrite” the originally released soundtrack seem trivial quibbling at best or, more likely, pernicious attempts to belittle the films’ success at ...
The English word antidisestablishmentarianism (UK / ˌ æ n t i d ɪ s ɪ ˌ s t æ b l ɪ ʃ m ə n ˈ t ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm / ⓘ US / ˌ æ n t aɪ-/ ⓘ) is notable for its unusual length of 28 letters and 12 syllables, and is one of the longest words in the English language. [1]
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