überpopular en · ADJ
Etymology
From über- + popular.
Meanings
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Hugely popular.
“The peril is you have these $3 million monkeys and it becomes a different kind of gambling,” he says, referring to the Bored Ape Yacht Club, an überpopular NFT collection of garish primate cartoons that has become a digital-age status symbol for millionaires including Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton, and which have traded for more than $1 million a pop.
2022 March 18, Andrew Chow, “The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future”, in TIME, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2025:“The word ‘retarded’ is back, and it’s one of the great culture victories,” Rogan said with a laugh in the April 10 episode of his über-popular podcast. “Probably spurred on by podcasts.”
2025 May 31, Scottie Andrew, “The ‘r-word’ is back. How a slur became renormalized”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more überpopular | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most überpopular | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |