6.SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousThis 34-letter word, which was coined by song-writers Richard and Robert Sherman in the musical film Mary Poppins, is completely made-up, the sum of word parts that don’t even follow proper prefix/suffix placement protocol; the “-istic†following “fragil-†is a suffix, which should signify a word’s end. However, it is followed by the prefix “ex-,†where a new, separate word should begin. Nonetheless, it is just another example of a phrase being irretrievably carried off by and imbedded within the culture into which it was born. Just as how words are invented all the time in rap culture, and swallowed up by a constantly-evolving (or devolving) language system.
The word, containing definable roots, means something like “Atoning for educability through delicate beauty.†Miss Poppins, however, would insist the word means “something to say when you have nothing to say.â€
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