Talk:Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious/Archive 1

Meaning
It's an adjective, really. I realize that as a song title you can think of it as a noun...ITS ALSO VERY LONG WORD(not really)!!! Doops 10:01, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Definition: It is a word to say when you don't know what to say. Got it from a school library, I know this is right.


 * I'm curious, what does it mean as an adjective? I know that in the song, Mary (this page was vandalized, but not by me, i fixed most of it) uses it do describe how she feels etc, but the article also says that it has entered common English language usage as an adjective. In that common usage sense, outside of the song, what does it mean? -209.108.217.226 16:39, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

It's used to describe something postive far beyond the known ranges of excellence...probably -Alex 12.220.157.93 12:40, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think the definition given in the article is at all right. The reason being that the "ious" suffix doesn't apply soley to the last part, and also docious means submissive (as in docile) not educable. Besides, the definition "atoning for educability..." makes no sense, especially in the context the word is used.

Maybe it means that's it's the longest word in the world(its not)! i mean say it twenty times without breathing(no, that's not possible) ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.169.82.130 (talk) 23:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

According to Mary Poppins Herself Supercalifregilisticexpialidocious is a disease of the liver(when does she say this!?!) which is "very painful, spread by adults(intercourse)" and which she herself, Bert (Dick Van Dyke) and the Constible has. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.99.215.83 (talk) 04:09, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

The this word shall not be said!!!! definition given in the article is obviously completely off (not even given in the correct form) and therefore should be removed. 24.9.194.253 (talk) 03:27, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup
Please change the link name [1] to something else.
 * A convention is to use the title of the linked page, so there is not much can be done. mikka (t) 23:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

About the facts
in reading about the history of the word, there seems to be some disagreement. If possible, we need to get he cite for the brothers claiming to have created it.

this site (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msupercali.html) has disagreeing facts, and may want to be considered for revision of wikipedia's... or not.

PBS recently aired a show with one of the brothers telling how the lyrics came about. Perhaps his narrative could be used to check the facts and update Wikipedia with the informaton.

Rich 8-18-09  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.0.196 (talk) 18:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Georgia Guy
Georgia Guy, I noticed you've removed my tag to delete this article. I'm not sure what your reasons for opposing the move are. At 00:24, on 1 May 2006, when removing the tag, you commented (Revert; how would a dictionary entry look like this??). If your asking me how a dictionary entry would look like this, then I'd have to reply, in all probability, and all honesty, it would be hard to see any other methodology than by virtue of having similar structure and content. What does that have to do with the wikipedia policy? --TheMadTim 00:41, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * TheMadTim has to learn ENGLISH before he goes around tagging articles.

In fact, Georgia Guy, it might look a little something like this : Wiktionary entry for supercalifragilisticexpialidocious --TheMadTim 01:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

"In popular culture"
Many entries here are difficult to verify. For example, In the Australian TV series, "The Wedge", they was a casnio joke with the ladies and the mother said that her child was a "Supercalifragilisticexpialidouchebag". In my opinion, only notable examples, i.e., mentioned in some reviews, must be included here. I may easlily invent a Turkish example, "Hülya Koçyiğit in her award-winning Zehra movie mocked American culture by the phrase 'Süleyman-i-rakiageçityapabilmeoğuz'". Of course, sooner or later (I suspect rather later) the hoax will be revealed, but Verifiability is in some trouble here. Mukadderat 20:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think there are too many "examples." We don't need every single mention from the Simpsons, etc. Ztrawhcs 12:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I've found you another. Two minutes into "The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman" by the band Half Man Half Biscuit. A twist though, it's a mangled mention - Supercalifragilisticborussiamonchengladbach. I'll leave you chaps to decided if it warrants a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.4.147 (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Just to verify the MS Word example, I have attached a photo... MS Word 2003 Professional —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.161.87.56 (talk) 07:45, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

In 1965, John Lindsay, a popular Republican politician, successfully ran for the office of Mayor of New York City. He had been a US Representative of a district in NYC within which much live theatre occurred, known as the 'Silk Stocking' district. I recall that a large yellow banner was strung across the entrance of the New York Public Library which proclaimed, "John Lindsay is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!", probably with reference to its use in the theater at that time. Johnlturk (talk) 04:54, 22 December 2009 (UTC)johnlturk

How can exclude the amazing 'Family Guy' references, not once, but twice?! Peter as Mary Poppins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4-bJq8q8L4 The 2nd one is when Mary flashes her breasts to the kids (video unavailable on the Web). Macshill (talk) 01:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

The band Okiextremists Moon Dog recorded a spoof of the song called Super Callus with lyrics like: "Super goddamn no good dirty mother f---ing a--hole, even though the sound of it just might create a hassle. If you don't like dirty words, I invite you to rassle", etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.169.0.50 (talk) 04:45, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Pronounciation
[ˌsu.pəˌkæ.lɪˌfɹæ.dʒəl.ɪs.tɪkˌɛk.spi.æ.lɪˈdəʊ.ʃəs])

Is it really pronounced Su-pe-kae-li-flae-d3el-is-tik-3k-spi-ae-li-deu-fes? At least that is how the above reads unless that is meant to mean something else. Its not clear. Simply south 01:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * See the International Phonetic Alphabet John Reaves 01:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Another reason the IPA is great: the attempted pronounciation afterwards doesn't make it clear whether the "g" in "-frag-" is the "g" in "fragment" or the "g" in "fragile." If only there was an unambiguos symbol we could use. Perhaps some sort of phonetic alphabet that was the same in every language. An... international phonetic alphabet. (Note: dʒ is and always will be, no matter than context, the "g" in "fragile." The "g" in "fragment" is written in IPA as "g.")

The word is mentioned in one of the parts of The Sandman graphic novel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.214.77 (talk) 04:14, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Lack of Constant Spelling
Decide, please. Is it Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Or Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious? --24.221.176.159 05:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)