supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

This concerns the longest word in the dictionary:

OK, so you need to watch this short video, for several reasons, one being the ability of the assistant editor of Merriam-Webster to pronounce words like  "antidisestablishmentarianism" with ease that impressed me and to find out the criteria for picking words that go into the dictionary. I do think her job is somewhat sublime, although I still root for supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to be in their dictionary, and evidently so do lots of other people after reviewing their comments concerning the video.

Now what does supercalifragilisticexpialidocious actually mean?
We need to know this so we can use it more often, correct?
 "We all know the origin of the word; a song from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.
The roots of the word have been defined as follows: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and docious- "educable", with the sum of these parts signifying roughly "Atoning for educability through delicate beauty
According to the film, it is defined as "something to say when you have nothing to say"."

and that is from Wikipedia :)
So supercalifragilisticexpialidocious that Merriam-Webster!!

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April 2013 Creative Dare - FIVE WORDS

 

Think of 5 words that YOU think best describe you.

Now let's leave off snarky, lazy, fat, old..

let's think 5 POSITIVE words....

harder to do...huh?

I thought so anyway, I'd make a list, scratch off, add another...rethink...add...erase...

you get the idea.

 

There are more things I wanted to add..subliminally perhaps, like the paint brushes for being creative, or the books because I am a librocubicularist ( a person who reads in bed, lol )...

 

I also have a new toy, it's Pebeo Outliner....I free hand drew everything with it, so that's why it's all a little wonky..another subliminal me...messy, not patient...

I cut a slit into the pages of the bible through the board to slide in the book marker ribbon and stamped inspired on it, because God's word does just that. Not that I think I am inspiring, but that I couldn't leave God out of this and He inspires me daily in my art.

Crafters Workshop - TCW191S ( brick stencil )
Golden - Molding Paste
Ranger - Distress Inks, Distress Markers, Alcohol Inks
Pebo - Outliner
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Studio G - small flower stamp
Sandy Lion - Inspired word stamp
Higgins - Waterproof Drawing inks
Faber Castell - PITT pens
Gold Leaf
Helmar - 450