"super-duper" meaning in English

See super-duper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-super-duper.ogg Forms: more super-duper [comparative], super-duperer [comparative], most super-duper [superlative], super-duperest [superlative]
Etymology: Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940). Etymology templates: {{reduplication|en|nocap=1}} reduplication Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} super-duper (comparative more super-duper or super-duperer, superlative most super-duper or super-duperest), {{tlb|en|informal}} (informal)
  1. (dated) Very excellent; truly great. Tags: dated, informal Translations (truly great): super (French), sensass (French), génial (French), superduper (German), hiper-szuper (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-super-duper-en-adj-O6mHd5bN Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 23 5 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 74 26 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 69 21 10 Disambiguation of 'truly great': 100 0
  2. Major, total, thorough. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-super-duper-en-adj-awzZWaIO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superdupervenience

Adverb

IPA: /ˈs(j)uː.pəˌduː.pə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsu.pɚˌdu.pɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-super-duper.ogg Forms: more super-duper [comparative], most super-duper [superlative]
Etymology: Rhyming reduplication, from super (1940). Etymology templates: {{reduplication|en|nocap=1}} reduplication Head templates: {{en-adv}} super-duper (comparative more super-duper, superlative most super-duper)
  1. Very; extremely. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-super-duper-en-adv-ppMkn2zF

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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