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Word: supercalifragilisticexpi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1966-1966
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Random House can also rightfully claim that although its words are fewer, many are newer. It includes such current terms as the Yiddish chutzpa ("unmitigated effrontery or impudence"), ye-ye ("of, pertaining to, or characteristic of young sophisticates"), and even Mary Poppins' supercalifragilisticexpi-alidocious ("used as a nonsense word by children to represent the longest word in English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Language: Newest Dictionary | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

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