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Nucular is a common, proscribed pronunciation of the word "nuclear". It is a rough phonetic spelling of /ˈnjuːkjələr/. The Oxford English Dictionary's entry dates the word's first published appearance to 1943.[1]
- ^ "nucular, adj.2". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. Accessed 10 September 2013.