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I first heard the word in Ice Age
Manfred: Here's your little bundle of joy. We're returning it to the humans.
Sid: Awww, the big, bad Tigey-Wigey gets left behind. Poor Tigey-Wigey.
Manfred: Sid, Tigey-Wigey's gonna lead the way.
Sid: Uh, Manny, can I talk to you for a second?
Manfred: No. The sooner we get to Glacier Pass, the sooner I get rid of Mr. Stinky Droolface. And the baby, too.
Diego: You won't always have Jumbo around to protect you. And when that day comes, I suggest you watch your back... 'cause I'll be chewing on it.
Manfred: Hey, "über"-tracker. Up front where I can see you.
Sid: Help me
Über comes from the German language. It is a cognate of both Latin super and Greek ύπερ (hyper), as well as English over (as in "overkill"). During the 2000s, über also became a synonym for super; e.g. überleet = superleet, generally with a slightly intensified meaning. Über is commonly written as uber in English, though with slightly different meaning.
One of the first popular modern uses of the word as a synonym in English for super was a Saturday Night Live TV sketch in 1979. The sketch, What if?, pondered the notion of what if the comic book hero Superman had landed in Nazi Germany when he first came from Krypton. Rather than being called Superman, he took the name of Uberman.1






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