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nuke family

nuke family noun: a nuclear family.

Noun

nuke family (plural nuke families)

  1. (informal, uncommon) A nuclear family.
    • Boy grows up in het nuke family, just like something trapped in a TV series, with Dad, Mom & Sis. ("Hi, Sis.") Then The Devorce. The Father Remarries, Mother Doesn't. The boy & sis Go With Mom (didn't we all in the 50s?) after the divorce.1982 December 4, Mitzel, “A Sissy's Revenge”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 9

Forms of nuke family

pluralnuke families

Questions about nuke family

What does nuke family mean?
Nuke family means a nuclear family.
What part of speech is nuke family?
Nuke family is a noun.
What is the plural of nuke family?
The plural of nuke family is nuke families.

Words near nuke family in the dictionary

  1. Nukahivan
  2. Nukahivans
  3. nuke
  4. nuke and pave
  5. nuke families
  6. nuke family
  7. nuke it from orbit
  8. nuke it out
  9. nuke plant
  10. nuke plants
  11. nuke the fridge

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