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supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
[ soo-per-kal-uh-fraj-uh-lis-tik-ek-spee-al-i-doh-shuhs ]
adjective
- (used as a nonsense word to express approval or as an example of a very long word in English.)
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, the night's second soloist was pianist Sir Stephen Hough, who treated the audience to an impromptu version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, from the film Mary Poppins.
His sons went on to popularize the terms “fantasmagorical” and “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
The songwriting siblings were responsible for the bouncy, tongue-twistingly memorable “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “A Spoonful of Sugar” from the hit 1964 movie musical “Mary Poppins,” for which they won two of the film’s five Oscars — for best score and best song, the haunting “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”
Their catchy and energetic song “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” became a pop hit, entering the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.
He later claimed he had landed the part because he was the only child who could pronounce “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
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