Super

Proper name capitalized from ellided forms with super and super-.

Super

1. In any of various contexts, a specifically named instance of a super, such as a particular superintendent, supervisor, or super-weapon.

   You better call the Super if you want your repairs done [the specific superintendent in the implicit context of a specific apartment building; parallel with "President" versus "president"]

   Teller and Oppenheimer discussing the feasibility of the Super [super atomic bomb, i.e., as later known, the hydrogen bomb]

• sprue, Rupes, Pre-Us, purse, re-ups, pures, Prues, Purse, reups, rupes, puers

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːpɐ/

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Super n

1. petrol with high octane number