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Rory O' Connor and Richard Bell coined the term "Nuke Speak" to describe the Orwellian methods deployed by the nuclear industry's PR offensive in a book length analysis of a well funded campaign that continues to this day using euphemistic language to mask its real agenda.
Danny Schechter: Beyond Fukishima: A World in Denial About Nuclear Safety Danny Schechter 2011
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Anyway -- my point is: The term Nuke The Fridge absolutely applies when you consider the origins of Jumped The Shark and the definition behind that will1138
LOL: The Indiana Jones “Nuke The Fridge” Action Figure | /Film 2009
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X easily overwhelms Paladin, while the newÂScourge is revealed to be old-school Daredevil villain Nuke in a mask.
Review: Rapid Fire Reviews - Stale Candy Edition! | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Nuke is just making sure he doesn't alienate any of the traitorous idiots that comprise the Rethuglican base (such as it is) that have deluded themselves into believing that the Nitwit From Nanook is a viable candidate for ....
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I think Nuke is the only real choice as the Oil runs out.
Why Are We Useless Why Are we Useless Why oh Why Oh Why ... Newmania 2008
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I think Nuke is the only real choice as the Oil runs out.
Why Are We Useless Why Are we Useless Why oh Why Oh Why ... Newmania 2008
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The phrase Nuke The Fridge was joined as an alternative to Jump The Shark, another pop culture term based on a scene in an episode of Happy Days when Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while water skiing.
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Yeah, Duke Nuke is shooting tea scented notes with XOXOXO written all over them.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: Why the delay? 2007
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PHP-Nuke is just a horrible program, and I feel bad for subjecting all of you to it, and I would like to upgrade to PostNuke as soon as I can … as long as it doesn’t break anything.
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As Stein points out, these idiots are making the ridiculous equation that Swiss Nuke==Sudanese Nuke, which is so blatantly specious a notion that it is hard to grasp how any vaguely rational person could make it.
Mark Steyn… 2010
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