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Can anyone tell me why I keep hearing people referring to nuclear weapons as newkiller weapons, as it's driving me insane. Also, why did the sixth of the month become the sicth of the month for a while?
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I've always heard it as 'nucular', too, but I like your 'new-killer' idea better, Carlos. It's just one of those language lazinesses, such as 'Febuary' (with no 'r' at letter 4) or 'vunrable' for 'vulnerable' . These things always remind me of an episode of The Simpsons in which Lisa was driven mad by her mother, who insisted on saying 'foilage' instead of 'foliage'.
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