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Blend of tr(uth) + (n)uke (from the notion of such information being as powerful as a nuclear bomb), with the U replaced with a V in order to create an Ancient Roman appearance (cf. retvrn).
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Blend of tr(uth) + (n)uke (from the notion of such information being as powerful as a nuclear bomb), with the U replaced with a V in order to create an Ancient Roman appearance (cf. retvrn).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.