super-duper

What it means

Super-duper is a playful, emphatic way of saying something is great, exciting, or top quality. It is informal and often used jokingly or with children, adding cheerful exaggeration to 'super.'

Examples

• Thanks for the super-duper birthday surprise.
• She baked a super-duper chocolate cake for the party.
• The kids had a super-duper time at the water park.
• It's a super-duper deal at half the usual price.

Where it comes from

American slang from the 1940s, formed by adding the rhyming nonsense word 'duper' to 'super' for playful emphasis. The pattern is common in mid-20th century slang.

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