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From the character Dr. Strangelove in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Someone who is likely to launch a nuclear attack or otherwise destroy the world. Full definition →
From the character Dr. Strangelove in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.