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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
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Subject: Zap!
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 00:08:16 EST
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The use of "zap" to mean the verb "microwave" I like to think of
as my invention, but in fact it seems to have sprung up independently
in many places.  It seems such a reasonable usage for a word which
originally came from Flash Gordon comics, to mean to bombard with
(microwave) radiation.

But formalists are still using the verb "microwave", though I think
it sounds cumbersome.  Then again, "any noun can be verbed."

Any other ways to describe cooking with microwaves?
-- 
Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam

37 22'50" N / 121 59'12" W	[ This is just me talking. ]