super-duper

See also: superduper and super duper

English

Etymology

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/

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Adjective

super-duper (comparative more super-duper or super-duperer, superlative most super-duper or super-duperest) (colloquial)

1. (dated) Very excellent; truly great.
   • 1947, Florence Marshall, Robert V. Schwartz, “Auditor Freight Traffic”, in B and O Magazine, volume 33, page 42:

     Tell your friends who may be Cincinnati-bound about the super-duper Cincinnatian, B&O's latest and classiest train.

   • 1991, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears at the Super-Duper Market, page 3:

     Some markets are super. Our supermarket is super-duper.

2. Major, total, thorough.
   • 2006, Kris Hirschmann, Hello Kitty's Super-Duper Valentine's Day Party, page i:

     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?

Derived terms

• superdupervenience

Translations

truly great

• French: super (fr), sensass (fr), génial (fr)
• German: superduper
• Hungarian: hiper-szuper

Adverb

super-duper (comparative more super-duper, superlative most super-duper)

1. Very; extremely.
   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Tai (Brittany Murphy):

     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.

   • 2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel:

     But I'm super-duper hungry. Anybody have a candy bar in their pocket?