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The word was popularized in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, [4] in which it is used as the title of a song and defined as "something to say when you don't know what to say". The Sherman Brothers , who wrote the Mary Poppins song, have given several conflicting explanations for the word's origin, in one instance claiming to have coined it themselves ...
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
Attempts to say the entire word have taken two [1] to three and a half hours. [ 2 ] Technical; not in dictionary; whether this should actually be considered a word is disputed
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language.The word can be analysed as follows: Pneumono: from ancient Greek (πνεύμων, pneúmōn) which means lungs
Remember that what you’re sexting about doesn’t need to reflect what you’re really doing in the moment; you can say you’re naked in bed when you’re actually reading a book in your ...
This article lists some of the longest words in the French language.. As in many languages, chemical nomenclature may be used to construct indefinitely long chemical names (if referring to fictional molecules), and therefore is not on this list.
In Europe the French say (se) branler: crier: to obtain In Europe, to cry. See also pogner: déguidine! stop procrastinating, get on with it, hurry up Note that the second "d" is pronounced "dz". See also déniaise!, envoye!, enweye!, awaye! écœurant: wonderful (used ironically)
According to the film, in which the word gained its popularity, it is defined as "something to say when you have nothing to say". However, it is commonly defined as "extraordinarily good" or "wonderful" as all references to the word in the film can be perceived as positive.