You'll encounter it from time to time in business settings being used like that, but like Scott said in his comment it's informal.
In this case, I'd make a small wager that she's saying it in an exasperated way, as if the breath has been stolen right out of her because of how very busy and possibly even frustratingly fatigued she is. That's obviously no fun, so you can tell Al does not really mean what he said.
#SUPERDUPER THE BOYS LICENSE#
(idiomatic, slang) To vomit chunks of undigested food."Įxcerpt from Wikitionary under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license If you don't already know, " blowing chunks" probably means puking by the way, 'cause chunks of broken up food come out of your mouth.īlow Chunks: "1. It is more likely to be said sardonically by them, when they are frustrated, dissatisfied or unimpressed.Īl sardonically joked, "I'm super duper, it's a blast waking up and blowing chunks." He wiped his mouth and sniped, "It's really my hobby." - Who's Laughing Now? by Jefferson Lang, page 208, paragraph 3 However, almost as if because it is so cheery, "Super Duper" is rarely used in its literal sense by adults. You can see the April 11th, 1993 New York Times article TELEVISION VIEW Of Dinosaurs Why Must This One Thrive? by James Goreman for proof of that.
I consider the usage significant, because Barney has been famed as a Public Broadcasting Station mascot throughout the U.S.A. You can see that there's a DVD called Barney: Super-Dee-Duper Day! here. One of Barney the Dinosaur's catchphrases is "Super-Dee-Duper!", as if to intensify the sentiment even further. In this specific case alone Duper intensifies super, usually in a childish, peppy or playful way.