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Published 1993
The most current Pennsylfaanisch verb is nuke (“NOO-keh”), past participle g’nukt, as in microwaved soup: g’nukte Supp. A microwave oven is a Nukoffe. The term is borrowed from American slang, to “nuke” something.
© 1993 William Woys Weaver. All rights reserved.
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