Q: Do you have any idea how the Sherman Brothers came up with the word Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Melanie, Northfield, Ohio
A: Richard Sherman said in an interview that it was “a word we sort of concocted from our childhood when we used to make up double-talk words.” He also recalled that he and his brother brainstormed some words that could be part of it: “Super-colossal” and “atrocious” helped lead the way.
Dave Smith