Re: Licence, not license
>Are you referring to the American ex-colonies that actually stuck
>to the older correct spellings, by any chance?
I suspect the reference was to the many inhabitants of the American ex-colonies who invent language on the fly because they haven't learned (or learnt) vocabulary, grammar and punctuation very well.
The Wikipedia 'Nucular' entry has been entertaining for a while. It appeared during Dubbya's time, and had substantial content justifying it (alternative facts?), although it stopped short of discussing whether atoms have a nucleus or a nuculus.
Perhaps the latter word is too close to incubus, which would probably upset many of the same people who are upset by the wicked witchcraft embedded in Harry Potter stories. (Halloween, on the other hand... money... good...)
The Wikipedia article started to attract discussion about the global entertainment value of US language misuse. Then it disappeared for a while. Now it's back, though in a milder version than at the peak of nuculositiness. Its future is probably a known unknown.