单词 | supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
释义 | supercalifragilisticexpialidociousadj. A nonsense word, originally used esp. by children, and typically expressing excited approbation: fantastic, fabulous. See also supercalifragilistic adj.Made popular by the Walt Disney film ‘Mary Poppins’ in 1964. The song containing the word was the subject of a copyright infringement suit brought in 1965 against the makers of the film by Life Music Co. and two songwriters: cf. quots. 1949, 1951. In view of earlier oral uses of the word sworn to in affidavits and dissimilarity between the songs the judge ruled against the plaintiffs. ΚΠ 1931 H. Herman in Daily Orange (Syracuse University) 10 Mar. I have found that this expression of mine is very adequate in any type of appreciation. When asked how you liked a certain movie,..or what your opinion is of Santa Claus, you can merely answer, ‘Supercaliflawjalisticexpialadoshus!’, and you will have condensed many thoughts into one. 1949 G. Parker & B. Young (title of song) Supercalafajalistickespialadojus. 1951 G. Parker & B. Young (title of song) Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus; or, The super song. 1964 R. M. Sherman & R. B. Sherman (title of song) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! 1965 Independent Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 28 Nov. (Southland Mag.) 7/1 There's a supercalafragalisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins doll, looking just like Julie Andrews. 1967 Decisions U.S. Courts involving Copyright 1965–6 488 The complaint alleges copyright infringement of plaintiff's song ‘Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus’ by defendants' song ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. (All variants of this tongue twister will hereinafter be referred to collectively as ‘the word’.) 1971 Daily Tel. 6 Nov. 13/5 If you can stand more than a day of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious entertainment you can settle in at the concrete Contemporary Resort Hotel. 1991 B. Wilkinson Family Walk xxiv. 131 Jason grinned. That's what she is, he thought to himself. ‘She's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!’ 2011 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 3 Feb. a15 Lissauer said the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1931 |
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