Who said supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Finally, what of the claim made in Mary Poppins that saying the word loud enough will cause the speaker to sound precocious? We do not have sufficient evidence to support that conclusion at this time. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Log in Sign Up. Photo: smckenzie. A future spelling bee champ offers to spell 'Supercalifragilistic' for Mary. More Words At Play.

Merriam-Webster's Words of the Week - Oct. Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms. Time Traveler. Say it and wild animals would not seem so ferocious!

Um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye Um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye Um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye Um-diddle-diddle-um-diddleye. Mary Poppins : I'm sure the Roman Empire only entered the abyss, Because those Latin scholars never had a word like this!

Mary Poppins spoken : Of course you can say it backwards, which is Suoicodilaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus! Mary Poppins : So when the cat has got your tongue, there's no need for dismay! Just summon up this word and then you've got a lot to say!

Bert : Pick out those eighteen consonants and sixteen vowels as well, And put them in an order which is very hard to spell Ensemble : S-u-p-e-r C-a-l-i-f- R-a-g-i-l- I-s-t-i-c-e-x-p-i-a-l-i-d-o-c-i-o-u-s! Bert spoken : Here we go! Even though the sound of it is something quite atroscious! History Government U. Cities U. Cite Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Backward. Updated February 23, Factmonster Staff. Few neologisms have become so ingrained in the language and elicit such affection.

In the musical film, starring Julie Andrews, the nanny with magical powers wins an unorthodox race - on merry-go-round horses - and is surrounded by reporters who say she must be lost for words.

So in the film, the word has no meaning, although it acts as a powerful keepsake from the children's magical adventure. In an interview with a website in Los Angeles , Richard Sherman once said it was a word constructed in the same way he and his brother used to make up words in their childhood. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word has now come to mean an expression of excited approval.