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[โ€“] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm no nameologist but I think it means they were a sailor who rode nukes around Oregon, like that one cowboy riding a nuke in that cold war documentary I watched.

Edit: here's a screenshot from the documentary

[โ€“] untorquer@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

That kid was a prodigy. Landed that nuke softer than that jet blue with the sideways landing gear.