We had "precocious" and "atrocious" and we wanted something super colossal and that's corny, so we took "super" and did double-talk to get "califragilistic" which means nothing, it just came out that way.Ĭoincidentally, there was also a song called Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus that was written in 1949, and the authors of the song brought a suit against the Sherman brothers for copyright infringement.
In the end, the court decided in the Shermans’ favor because, among other things, affidavits were produced that claimed that variants of the word were known many years prior to 1949, making the plaintiffs' claim unfounded. In fact, the earliest known written record of a variant is for supercaliflawjalisticexpialidoshus from an "A-muse-ings" column by Helen Herman in The Syracuse Daily Orange (Syracuse University), March 10, 1931. once you arrive at the end, you have said in one word what it would ordinarily take four paragraphs to explain." The columnist muses about her made-up word, describing it as including "all words in the category of something wonderful" and "though rather long and tiring before one reaches its conclusion. The word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in Mary Poppins is said to be simply a word used as "something to say when you have nothing to say," but the mouthful of nonsensical syllables certainly has brought cheer to audiences for decades. Mary Poppins - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics. That cheer has inspired people to use it, like Helen Herman used her word, for things that are extraordinarily good or wonderful. Its supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. He crammed a generous chunk of the mix in his mouth and blew a bubble. Robert Hendrickson, Smithsonian, July 1990 It was a big beautiful bubble, … a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious bubble. These forms don't appear often, but when they do, they mean something along the lines of "wonderful" or "amazing," People also began to use a shortened adjective form, supercalifragilistic, as well as the adverbial supercalifragilistically. If Trump is going to start trade wars and raise tariffs, he should explain how his supercalifragilistic deals will both punish these countries and make goods cheaper for American consumers. David Harsanyi, Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas), 12 Mar. 2016įor a real good time, just tell your parents to take you to any one of the supercalifragilistically spectacular places listed below.įinally, what of the claim made in Mary Poppins that saying the word loud enough will cause the speaker to sound precocious? We do not have sufficient evidence to support that conclusion at this time.
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