Super-duper

//ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)// adj, adv, slang

adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very excellent; truly great. dated, informal

    "Near-synonym: super-superlative"

  2. 2
    Major, total, thorough. informal

    "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?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    Very; extremely. informal

    "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."

Example

More examples

"If I were some kind of rocket scientist, then this algebra would be super-duper easy-peasy."

Etymology

Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940).

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