E.T. - What in the World is a 'Cintus Supremus?'

[AT-AT Luvah]

So this has been bugging me a long time and resurfaced when I showed the film to my kids the other day.

At one point in the film, Elliott trades insults with his brother's buddies, with one of them calling him a 'Cintus supremus.' That's the spelling according to the subtitles.

I did a Google search and nobody seems to know.

Anybody here know what this means? Is it some sort of obscure '80s reference in Latin?

Hector

 

[Jedifyfe]

It's the same as a neomaxizoomdweebie.

 

[CessnaDriver]

News to me.
My friends and I thought he said penis supremus. LOL

 

[darth_myeek]

Cintus Supremus

Warning, Not Worth It.

 

[slave1pilot]

watched it again and again
still no idea
YouTube - E.T. - The Bus Stop Bullies

 

[darth_myeek]

Did you hear Star Wars at 3 seconds?

 

[Wes R]

It may be some odd alien species that ET encountered and since they had that odd mind meld going he may have accidently accessed ET's brain.

 

[Lear60man]

Remember Spielberg sanitized ET a few years ago. Took out the word Terrorist and replaced guns with Walkie Talkies IIRC. Maybe the kids said something bad and was replaced?

 

[rollerboi]

Wonder if "I" was a replacement for "U".

 

[Lestat]

I always thought he said "zero supremist", which also makes no sense!

 

[Charles Kline]

I think its
Sinist Supremus

Calling Elliot Supremely Sinister.

 

[DARTH SABER]

Are you sure he didn't say "sphinctus supremus"?
(major as*****)


DS

 

[Jet Beetle]

I always chalked it up to some Dungeons and Dragons name, see how Zero charisma in the 80's could have been plucked from game -- and weren,t they playing D&D the night ET showed up? Our 80's nerd forefathers speak much the same way we do, only referencing different things.

 

[CTF]

and weren,t they playing D&D the night ET showed up?

Indeed.

 

[Ttaskmaster]

It's being asked all over Google.

 

[AT-AT Luvah]

This line has always confused me when watching the film. Glad to see I'm not the only one who was drawing a blank.

The fact that he repeats the phrase about 3 times really makes it stand out all the more for its obscurity.

 

[Jedifyfe]

In the script it says "Sinus Supremus"

 

[Lear60man]

Thanks Brad.

Latin for Big Nothing. Sinus-hollow...........Supremus- Supreme or big.

 

[AT-AT Luvah]

Big nothing. I can buy that for a dollar.

Just seems like an awfully high-brow insult for a kid his age and is incredibly confusing.

 

[Alan Cross]

Cynic supremus?