Talk:supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

So how can you tell if you spelled it right?

By reading it on the label of an audiotape published by Disney.

Alternate Definitions

I have removed the following two definitions from this article:

1. The true synonym for 'fantasmical'.
2. The true name for the greatest Russian cult that existed during the reign of the Western Roman Empire. Subject to argument.

My reason for doing so is that neither seem to have any basis; "fantasmical" is only defined in UrbanDictionary as far as I can tell, and there seem to be no historical references to a Russian cult by this name. If anyone out there has some evidence supporting these definitions by all means return them. TheDaveRoss 05:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"usage notes"

It doesn't seem like these are really usage notes... more like trivia. Unless it actually has something to do with how the word is used, shouldn't it be removed? Nadando 02:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Removal?

This article seriously needs to be deleted. I can imagine this article on urbandictionary, but in an actual dictionary? Not only is it a ""fictituous word", nobody actually uses t in real life. It was used by mary poppins, a fictional character, but not in reality, therefore it does not deserve an article on a dictionary. 206.248.167.220 23:23, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Use WT:RFD to request deletion of an entry. Equinox ◑ 23:27, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

pronunciation

will someone add *

Audio (US):

(file)

to the article please so we can have the american pronunciation as well?Totallynotfairbro 10:23, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Done. —Stephen ^(Talk) 11:13, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks dude.Totallynotfairbro 02:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

RFC discussion: May 2018–August 2021

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supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Etymology:

[[super-#English|super-]] + [[calibre#English|cali-]] + [[fragile#English|fragilistic-]] + [[expiate#English|expiali-]] + [[docile#English|doc]] + [[-ious#English|-ious]]

That are very misleading links. Much better:

[[super-#English|super-]] + [[calibre#English|cali(bre)]] + [[fragile#English|fragil(e)]] + [[-istic#English|-istic]] + [[expiate#English|expia(te)]] + -li- + [[docile#English|doc(ile)]] + [[-ious#English|-ious]]

-84.161.1.61 03:49, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

That etymology looks entirely speculative to me. — SGconlaw (talk) 07:19, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

The entry states "Likely formed from". Maybe "Maybe formed from" is better, as maybe is weaker than likely. -84.161.20.5 05:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

No such etymology anymore — surjection ⟨??⟩ 21:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)