On this Super Tuesday morning, check out the Vocabulary.com Dictionary definition page for super. Aside from the glut of usage examples surrounding super pac and Super Tuesday, the page is filled with clues as to how this fairly neutral Latin adverb and preposition for "above," "over," or "beyond" acquired its perky yet powerful aftertaste.
(For the whole story on super, see Vocabulary.com lexicographer Ben Zimmer's meditation on the word here.)