Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Glacier.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!reid From: reid@Glacier.ARPA Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.cooks Subject: Re: Zap! Message-ID: <2072@Glacier.ARPA> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 00:57:22 EST Article-I.D.: Glacier.2072 Posted: Mon Dec 31 00:57:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Jan-85 06:03:03 EST References: <817@amdahl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Stanford University, Computer Systems Lab Lines: 11 > 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? In my family we have always referred to it as "nuking" something, e.g. ``Dear, will you please nuke the macaroni for 2 minutes and give it to the baby?'' -- Brian Reid decwrl!glacier!reid Stanford reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA