what does supercalifragelistic from "mary poppions" mean?

Answer 1

its a random word that's fun to say and sing.....and spell

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
...lalalalalalalalalalala...atrocious

Answer 2

The song describes how using the word is a miraculous way to talk oneself out of difficult situations and even a way to change one's mood. It occurs in the film's animated sequence where Mary Poppins is harangued by reporters after winning a horse race and responds to a reporter's claim that there are not words to describe her feelings of the moment. Mary disagrees with that claim and begins the song about one word which she can use to describe her feelings. Following the successes of the film and musical play, the word has been used as an adjective signifying rather redundant superlatives, such as "the most absolutely stunningly fantastic" of experiences.

Roots of the word have been defined, as Richard Lederer writes in his book Crazy English as follows: super- "above," cali- "beauty," fragilistic- "delicate," expiali- "to atone," and docious- "educable," with the sum of these parts signifying roughly "Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while still being highly educable." This explication of its connotations suits the fictional character of Mary Poppins, in that she presents herself as both superlatively beautiful and also supremely intelligent and capable of great achievements.

Answer 3

Nothing. It's a made-up word - that's the whole point of the song.

Answer 4

it is a made up word used when you have nothing more to say. it's supposed to make you feel better that you actually said something when you actually have nothing to say! :)

eg, if someone outwitted you with words and you're speechless in how to retort back, you could say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and it's supposed to make you feel better.

hope you understand... sorry if you are more confused... :S