nuke
n.— «Nuke: Good, Fire, Of well taste. ex: “Those Chicken Wings are on the NUKE”!» —“Y & B’s Chicago Slang dictionary” Y&B.net (Chicago, Illinois) , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
nuke
n.— «Nuke: Good, Fire, Of well taste. ex: “Those Chicken Wings are on the NUKE”!» —“Y & B’s Chicago Slang dictionary” Y&B.net (Chicago, Illinois) , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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