# Is this a wide spread word?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [February 24, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038 "2024-02-24T20:14:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038/1 "2024-02-24T20:14:20Z")

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I’ve only heard it in the movie Brazil. It’s “actually” pronounced (as best as I can transcribe it) “actu-lull-lull-e”. It was immediately added to my vocabulary. For all I know it’s wide spread slang.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038/2 "2024-02-24T20:46:05Z")

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Well,  
[![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/021/665/DpQ9YJl.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/021/665/DpQ9YJl.png)

😉

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-wide-spread-word/998038/3 "2024-02-25T04:53:54Z")

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[That is not spoken co-rec-a-tic-a-ly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gpt2Zb5V5A&t=110s).