Re: Is “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” a real word referring to Irish hookers?
“Supercali” = superbeautiful (Greek, super=over + kallos=beautiful)
“Fragilistic?” = the word “fragile” comes to mind, which is probably from Latin “frango?” which means “breakable”? Just making an inference here…
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Is “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” a real word referring to irish hookers?
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