• Look up nucular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nucular is a common, proscribed pronunciation of the word "nuclear". It is a rough phonetic spelling...
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    A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...
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  • Oliver Stone. Nucleus (disambiguation) Nucleolus Nucleation Nucleic acid Nucular All pages with titles beginning with Nucleo All pages with titles beginning...
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    A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people...
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    McCoy's characterization, including his pronunciation of "nuclear" as "nucular". Kelley became a good friend of Star Trek castmates William Shatner and...
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  • morphological analogy with more common sequences such as January. Cf. nucular, which may have arisen through an analogous process) An example where a...
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  • frequent English pronunciations that display metathesis are: nuclear > nucular /ˈn(j)uːkjʊlər/ (re-analysed as nuke + -cular suffix in molecular, binocular)...
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    Nunberg was the author of a number of popular books, among them Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Controversial Times (2004). He is primarily...
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  • happen to a frog in gradually warmed water Nunberg, Geoffrey (2009). Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational Times (1st ed.). New...
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  • ['njuːklɪəɹ] by some people, and ['nuːkjələɹ] by some other people. (See nucular) At its simplest, the prescriptive approach requires less work, since it...
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