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super-duper en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

Meanings

1. (dated, informal) Very excellent; truly great.
   • Tell your friends who may be Cincinnati-bound about the super-duper Cincinnatian, B&O's latest and classiest train. 1947, Florence Marshall, Robert V. Schwartz, “Auditor Freight Traffic”, in B and O Magazine, volume 33, page 42:
   • Some markets are super. Our supermarket is super-duper. 1991, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears at the Super-Duper Market, page 3:
   • Near-synonym: super-superlative
2. (informal) Major, total, thorough.
   • Hello Kitty is having a Valentine's Day party for all her friends... But when Hello Kitty hurts her leg, all her plans are ruined! Will her party be a super-duper success or a super-duper disaster? 2006, Kris Hirschmann, Hello Kitty's Super-Duper Valentine's Day Party, page i:

Forms

Deriveds

superdupervenience

Synonyms

super-superlative

Translations (6)

fr sensass (truly great) · ru супер-пупер (truly great) · de superduper (truly great) · hu hiper-szuper (truly great) · fr génial (truly great) · fr super (truly great)

super-duper en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

Meanings

1. (informal) Very; extremely.
   • No, you are entitled to your own opinion, alright? I'm the tart here. Cher, you've been nothing but super-duper nice to me. 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Tai (Brittany Murphy):
   • But I'm super-duper hungry. Anybody have a candy bar in their pocket? 2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel:

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