super-duper

UK/ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/US/ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/

adjective

Very excellent; truly great.

“Near-synonym: super-superlative”

Meanings

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

comparative more super-duper · comparative super-duperer · superlative most super-duper · superlative super-duperest

  1. datedinformalVery excellent; truly great.

    Near-synonym: super-superlative

    2 more examples

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

    1947, Florence Marshall, Robert V. Schwartz, “Auditor Freight Traffic”, in B and O Magazine, volume 33, page 42

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

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

    Synonyms: super-superlative

  2. informalMajor, total, thorough.

    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?

    2006, Kris Hirschmann, Hello Kitty's Super-Duper Valentine's Day Party, page i
adverbsuper-duper (comparative more super-duper, superlative most super-duper)

comparative more super-duper · superlative most super-duper

  1. informalVery; extremely.

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

    2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Uneasy: A Queen Betsy Novel
    1 more example

    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.

    1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Tai (Brittany Murphy)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVery excellent; truly great.

Origin

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

French super, sensass
  • supertruly great
  • sensasstruly great
  • génialtruly great
German superduper
  • superdupertruly great
Hungarian hiper-szuper
  • hiper-szupertruly great
Russian супер-пупер
  • супер-пупер (súper-púper)truly great
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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