super-duper

[ soo-per-doo-per ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. extremely good, powerful, large, etc.; very super; marvelous or colossal.

super-duper

/ ˈsuːpəˈduːpə /

adjective

1. informal.
   extremely pleasing, impressive, etc: often used as an exclamation

Word History and Origins

Origin of super-duper¹

First recorded in 1935–40; rhyming compound with invented second element

Example Sentences

Spice, a super-duper special element that has mind-altering, mind-enhancing powers and is the key to space travel, is already the most valued substance in the universe and is at the bottom of what drives the story’s antagonisms, skulduggery and power plays.

From Los Angeles Times

Even before our trio signs anything, there are a script, a cast and arty twin-sister directors, “hot off their Grand Prix at Cannes and their super-duper viral Walmart ad campaign,” already in place.

From Los Angeles Times

If you can’t tell by the above quote, Trump’s “conversation” went super-duper!

From Slate

Supermarkets are largely a thing of the past; the one grocery store Lucy comes across, the Super-Duper Mart near Santa Monica Boulevard, has been transformed into an organ-harvesting plant staffed by Snip Snip, a genteel robot voiced by Matthew Berry.

From Salon

Republicans who support candidates other than Trump tend to be both wealthy and not particularly realistic about his competitors’ chances of success, and the list of major donors to the super PAC that supports Haley is rife with super-duper rich guys from Wall Street and tech.

From Slate

Related Words

• colossal
• enormous
• gigantic
• huge
• humongous
• immense
• mammoth
• massive
• monstrous
• monumental
• prodigious
• towering
• tremendous
• vast