BBB Etymology - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
not only is it not the longest word in English, it's origins would not appear to be from the movie Mary Poppins. The word is in the Oxford English Dictionary with the following citations:
- 1949 Parker & Young (unpublished song-title) Supercalafajalistickespialadojus.
- 1951 Parker & Young (song-title) Supercalafajalistickespeealadojus; or, The super song.
- 1964 R. M. & R. B; Sherman (song-title) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
