Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site genrad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!doyle From: doyle@genrad.UUCP (Rick Doyle) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.cooks Subject: Re: Zap! Message-ID: <581@genrad.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 16:48:42 EST Article-I.D.: genrad.581 Posted: Fri Jan 4 16:48:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 23:48:36 EST References: <817@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: doyle@genrad.UUCP (Rick doyle) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Bolton, Mass. Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2320 net.cooks:3292 Summary: In article <817@amdahl.UUCP> gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) writes: >The use of "zap" to mean the verb "microwave" > >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. ] I "NUKE IT" when I microwave anything.I started it in school and it really caught on there,but in the real world some people dgive me the strangest looks when I say it. Rick Doyle