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Like "nu-cu-lar" or "irregardless". ::shudder:: My brother's best friend uses them just to watch me twitch, the sadist.
Sex and the City 2: Desperately Dated Chick Fest or Genre Crossing Stunner? - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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Or one who still believes Iraq was responsible for 9/11, that we need not grasp the causes for global warming before we can solve the problem, that the earth is 6000 years old and nu-cu-lar is a word.
Linda Hansen: Sarah Palin: "Ya Think This Six-Figure Wardrobe Makes Me Look Phat?" 2008
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Imagine what this country will be like if six of nine on the bench were appointed by George W. Bush or one whose stated intentions are to follow in Bush's nu-cu-lar footsteps.
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Sort of like watching the debates and waiting for a question about nuclear weapons or nuclear power so you can see which of the candidates says, 'nu-cu-lar.'
Romney wins... and on to the debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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From Eisenhower to George W. Bush the approved Republican pronunciation of the word “nuclear,” as in the weapons, was “nu-cu-lar.”
St. Paul Journal: The Alchemy of Difference: Cullen Murphy Murphy, Cullen 2008
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Eli - "Sort of like watching the debates and waiting for a question about nuclear weapons or nuclear power so you can see which of the candidates says, 'nu-cu-lar.'"
Romney wins... and on to the debate. Ann Althouse 2008
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If given the chance, she will embarrass this country with her intellectual agoraphobia when it comes to foreign policy; with her deliberate mispronunciation of words like Iran, Iraq, and what she calls nu-cu-lar power.
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I work at a nu-cu-lar power plant, so I would *know* a little something about nu-cu-lar physics...
Sandy Crux: Accomplishments and douchebaggery. A tragedy in two parts. CC 2008
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Why do their kids need to be Baby Einsteins in an era when our president is a guy who says 'nu-cu-lar'?
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Why do their kids need to be Baby Einsteins in an era when our president is a guy who says 'nu-cu-lar'?
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