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- adjective humorous
Eye dialect spelling ofnuclear .
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Examples
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No, let's not talk to our enemies Mr. Bush, let's just drop a 'nucular' bomb on them.
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Finally a president who can say nuclear and not 'nucular'.
Obama keeps Dean 2008
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No, let's not talk to our enemies Mr. Bush, let's just drop a 'nucular' bomb on them.
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I always turn it off as soon as the Secret Service agent carrying the red phone hands it to President Palin as she asks for the deployment of "nucular" weapons.
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They still haven't found "nucular" in the dictionary.
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Well, it might have happened earlier, but I think the first President to pronounce it "nucular" was Jimmy Carter, who had a degree in nuclear physics from the Naval Academy.
McCain Campaign On Obama Speech: "Premature Victory Lap" 2009
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After 8 years of "nucular" winter, we now have to endure more smugness and stupidity excreted from the mouth of Sarah Gump.
Ian Gurvitz: McFaust 2009
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She also consistently says "nucular" and mispronounces Schwarzenegger -- he's our governor, for Pete's sake, and she's feeding us the news every day.
Question of the Day Bill Crider 2007
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An Obama supporter opining on logic is like President Bush opining on "nucular" physics.
Hillary's Talking Points For Surrogates On Obama Attack Ad 2009
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My fellow americans, do we seriously want this woman's finger on the "nucular" button?
Clinton: We Will "Totally Obliterate" Iran If They Attack Israel 2009
sionnach commented on the word nucular
usage example:
Whether you're a butterfly or a deep-sea diver,
The salt of the earth or a scheming conniver,
A mythical beast like a werewolf or wyvern,
You will amount to nothing unless you can make a nucular bomb out of paper clips just like McGyver.
October 11, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nucular
:)
October 11, 2007
super-logos commented on the word nucular
We are just a few months away from this word's becoming history...buried forever...maybe in a nuclear waste site designed for Bushisms. Perhaps our next President will be able to pronounce words and use the standard received version thereof.
August 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word nucular
Was around long before Bush, unfortunately.
August 14, 2008
kewpid commented on the word nucular
And will be around long after. Sarah Palin pronounces it like this as well.
September 12, 2008
lampbane commented on the word nucular
My brother used to say this when he was four.
When he was FOUR.
September 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word nucular
Did you learn him better?
September 17, 2008