Do average English natives know this word?

It was made up for the film as a fun but absurdly long word. It was a very popular film so it is widely known from this source.

"a movie?" the movie is Mary Poppins, one of the most famous movies of all time.

Yes, the movie spawned the word into the public consciousness. Many native speakers would know it.

I’m 21 from New York, have not seen Marry Poppins, and pretty much every person I’ve met is at least familiar with it/has heard it before.

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Yes, but most people only know it as the long, funny word from Mary Poppins. It doesn't see any sort of practical use.

Of course you can say it backwards, which is docious-ali-expi-istic-fragi-cali-rupus. But that's going a bit too far, don't you think ?

I have it on good authority that if you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious.

Maybe? You’d need some familiarity with the movie Mary Poppins. I suspect most people born in Canada (for instance) have heard of it.

Yes it's a perfectly cromulent word.

It's a made-up word that was popularized by *Mary Poppins*. But it also belongs to a category of words that are known for supposedly being the longest word in the English language, but whose definitions are obscure: * Antidisestablishmentarianism: a political position opposing the disestablishment of the Church of England and/or Church of Ireland as the official state religion of those countries * Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: silicosis of the lungs caused by inhalation of microscopic volcanic dust

That word's not worth, tuppence, better off feeding the birds.

it’s not a real word. It’s a joke word, but a popular one!

Sort of. It was made up for the movie Mary Poppins. Because it’s so long it sticks out and is memorable. It’s not something that would be used in regular conversation but a lot of people have heard it.

You could watch all of Mary Poppins for English accents. Dick Van Dyke as the chimney sweep for a really, really bad English accent. He is American.

Absolutely. It means "the silly long word in the song 'Supercalifragalisticexpialodocious' from the Disney movie 'Mary Poppins'." It doesn't have a meaning, but most people have seen the movie at some point.

Yep - most people know that from the Sound of Music

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Yes, I know the word and the song :) I feel like most people I know know the word at least.

now i’m gonna have this stuck in my head all day 😫

It's a very famous nonsensical word from Mary Poppins. In my generation, *everyone* was familiar but I bet if you asked younger people today many of them wouldn't know it. It's not a real word and it's never used in conversation unless you're talking about or making a reference to Mary Poppins.

Our music teacher had us sing the song in school.

It’s a made up word from a song in Mary Poppins. Listen to it and you’ll understand why people know it. https://youtu.be/rihNRTTcztQ?si=crSYVqbwG6fEr7Wl

Know the word as a trivia item or movie reference, near 100%. Actually use it as a normal word in daily life, near 0%.

Yes it's completely infiltrated the zeitgeist. I don't think I've met a single person who didn't know it. But no one uses it unless they're trying to be funny or referencing the movie.

Yes, but that's because it's from the movie. 🙂 It's not a real word. A lot of native English speakers also know "cromulent", which is also not a real word, because it comes from a joke on The Simpsons.

It's a made up word from a film. But also everyone does know it and it's meaning lol

Most natives know it as a reference to *Mary Poppins*. The song is one of the more memorable ones from that movie, so many people who haven't even seen the movie have at least heard the song or otherwise heard it referenced. But, beyond that, the word is not really used at all.

Mahatma Gandhi was known for walking hundreds of miles barefoot. Over time, he developed incredibly thick calluses on his feet, stronger than the soles of many boots. He also ate lightly and fasted often, which left him frail and gave him chronically bad breath. This made him a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

People know it, but it's not a functional word that people use. It was invented for the movie.

Average English speakers know the word. You misspelled it: supercali..... NOT supercail........ And there's no "u". It has no meaning. Its not a word.

Most native speakers know the word because the movie it's from, "Mary Poppins," is very popular and often referenced. However, the word itself is a nonsense word, it has no real meaning and was invented as a silly and absurd thing to say.

Welp. This song is gonna be stuck in my head now..thanks… 😝

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is not actually a real word. It is a fictional word made up in a movie. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious has no definition. It doesn't actually mean anything. It's just a funny long word that is easy for children to remember, and scanned well for song lyrics. :)

I believe antidisestablishmentarianism is still the longest word in English that isn't either a scientific word or one created artificially by mashing a bunch of Latin roots together for humorous effect.

I’d be surprised to meet anybody who doesn’t

Most natives do, but it’s only used in that movie

I don't know about younger generations Boomers and Gen X know it because Mary Poppins was a very popular childrens movie

Know it? Yes. Can say it? No

It's known from the movie. People likely know it, but the first thing that comes to mind is the movie

Most people know the word, but it’s only used in the movie Mary Poppins and in reference to the movie.

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I would say it depends on the age. I learned it as a kid with the original movie. My daughter may not have seen the remake.

It's a nonsense word that was popularized by a movie. It was a very successful movie and a major cultural touchstone in many English speaking countries. So yes I would say most of us know the word if only because it's from a very famous song in a very famous movie.

I believe it's something quite precocious?

Yes.

Yes most know it from watching mary poppins as kids. But it’s not otherwise a real word

Most native English speakers are somewhat familiar with this word from either having seen Mary Poppins or via cultural osmosis, but the word itself doesn’t mean anything and is literally just gibberish.

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i would say that a lot of younger people may not actually know this word. people in gen z and older should know it though

You know you can say it backwards which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus, but that's going a bit too far, wouldn't you say?

I have never seen Mary Poppins before and I know this word and that it's from that movie.

My childhood dog that my parents had before I was born was named ‘Fragile’ after this.

Yes, pretty much everyone I know is aware of the word supercalifragilisticexpialidoucious. It is just a silly word hence “even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious”.

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Honestly, I'm just impressed you spelled it... quite the atrocious task!

Yep, well familiar with it. 'Antidisestablishmentarianism' is another good one. Maybe less well known, and not from a super well known movie.

Not a real word, but absolutely. It's from Mary Poppins and I'm pretty sure even people who have never seen Mary Poppins know it as that silly really long word.

It's so popular American Sign Language has a sign for this word.

Yes, most English speakers are familiar with Mary Poppins, which is where that "word" comes from. Mind you,not is not an actual word as it has no meaning. It's just a thing made up for a song. We basically have all heard it, know where it came from, and can often sing the little song that goes with it too

Yes along with antidisestablishmentarianism, thanks Eminem.

Yes. As kids we’d challenge each other to see who could say it faster.

Of course. And use it regularly

If there’s an American who has ever seen a TV show or movie they know that word…from that movie or just from what I call cultural osmosis 

I'm 17, I know this word cuz my mother has said it on many occasions, if she hadn't said it I likely would not know this word exists.

It’s a nonsense word and you’d be hard-pressed to find a native speaker who hasn’t heard it.

I was born in the 70s in the US. I know this word. I can spell it. I know the song by heart. Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I, Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I!

It is known by many, but it is a fake word made up in the film Marry Poppins. Many people have heard the word without having seen the film. In the movie they say it's a word to say when you don't know what to say.

Yes.

Certainly people around 20 and older. I’d be curious to know if the youngest generation knows it

There's a song in the show/movie based on the word and the song is very catchy and helps you remember the word.

Even though the sound of it is really quite atrocious. (More of the song lyrics. Most of us sang this song at some point in childhood.)

The word is entirely made-up, and is from one of the most famous English-language movies ever produced. It’s been seen by hundreds of millions of people.

Any of us who ever saw *Mary Poppins* know it.

mary poppins made the word for the film as a fun, silly, unreasonably long word. but i would say just about everyone knows it due to how popular the movie was in its time and today, and also just passing mentions of the word would make people know it even if they haven’t seen the movie

I remember learning the song in grade school in the 80s.

The sound of it something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious.

I loved saying that when teaching English and watching my students' faces go "wtf"! That and "Gesundheit"!

Have you heard the song? It’s kind of catchy.

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