Topic: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
I, being Flemish, always thought that this was a 100% meaningless word.
WELL IT ISN'T.
It is probably the most inventive word and a difficult one too.
source (wipedia), sais it means approximately this:
"what you say when you don't know what to say"
super- "above",
cali- "beauty",
fragilistic- "delicate",
expiali- "to atone",
docious- "educable", with the sum of these parts signifying roughly
And the sum of these parts should be: Atoning for educability through delicate beauty.
This is what music greats, and the word SUPERCALIFRAGLOSTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, is really burned in the collective memory. Who hasn't see, the movie, heard the melodies and songs of "MARY POPPINS" or "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (that movie is broadcasted every Christmas.
Have a nice day.
- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
[color=blue]Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.[/color]
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