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Melatonin ( Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

When we microwave in our house we say we're going to "zap it". What do you say?

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When we microwave in our house we say we're going to "zap it". What do you say?

Melatonin ( Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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  • SnokenKeekaGuard ( SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Microwave it, use it as a verb

  • ReanuKeeves ( ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ) 
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    Let’s excite these water molecules until they vibrate so hard it generates heat that transfers to surrounding atoms

    • tetris11 ( tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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      heat itself being the average kinetic energy of said vibrating molecules makes the heat part of that sentence redundant. Now make me a sandwich

      • moe93 ( moe93@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        Abra cadabra, you are now a sandwich.

        I’ll show myself out.

      • ReanuKeeves ( ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ) 
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        Molecules can also vibrate not hard enough to generate enough heat to warm their surroundings though.

        Here, I made a roasted goat testicle marinated in a tuna eyeball reduction topped with lettuce, tomatoes, olives, onions, uncooked rice, and taint shavings sammich. Bone apple titties

        • tetris11 ( tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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          Other than the taint shavings, that actually sounds like it could be good, albeit very crunchy

          • ReanuKeeves ( ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ) 
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            The taint shavings are harvested from Jennifer Lawrence

            • tetris11 ( tetris11@lemmy.ml ) 
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              *retches*

              • ReanuKeeves ( ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ) 
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                scoops some up in a tupperware

                For my next sammich

  • tomcatt360 ( tomcatt360@lemmy.zip ) 
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    When I worked at McDonald’s in 2015, we called it Q-ing. That’s what the official term was. We got in trouble for calling it anything else.

  • Endymion_Mallorn ( Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ) 
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    I use Nuke.

  • Ginny [they/she] ( svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    When I microwave something I generally say that I’m microwaving it.

    • Diddlydee ( Diddlydee@feddit.uk ) 
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      deleted by creator

  • Dharma Curious (he/him) ( dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ) 
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    Generally “nuke it” but occasionally zap make an appearance, microwave as a verb, and sometimes me-crow-wa-vay if I’m feeling extra

    • MentalEdge ( MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      I’ve also used “nuke” but recently “irradiate” has been funnier.

      • Dharma Curious (he/him) ( dharmacurious@slrpnk.net ) 
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        Ooh, I’ll try that one. Tbh, nuke isn’t said for the funny. It’s just what it was called when I was a kid. I never really considered it as a term until I was well into adulthood lol

        • MentalEdge ( MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ) 
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          It was probably said as a joke at some point, and just became normal.

          The same way I’ve started using irradiate. It’s technically accurate, but normally a word used in much more concerning context.

          Hence, funny :D

  • HiddenLayer555 ( HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml ) 
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    We speak Mandarin at home and microwave in Mandarin is 微波 “way bo” (literally means “micro wave”). To “microwave” as a verb usually gets shortened to the first character in colloquial speak. We 微 “way” our leftovers.

    微波 means microwave as in that particular frequency range on the electromagnetic spectrum. When referring to the kitchen appliance as a noun, we specifically say 微波炉 “way bo lu” which means “microwave stove.”

    Additional fun fact: If you think it sounds like Weibo the website, you’re right. It has almost the same pronounciation but has a tonal difference on the second character. Weibo means “micro blog,” same first character but the second character is 博 which is a loan word for blog.

  • Björn ( bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) 
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    We say “ugh, there is too much stuff in front of the microwave, do you mind eating it cold?”

    And I think that’s beautiful.

    • jupyter_rain ( jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      I feel that. I eat so much stuff cold.

  • brennesel ( brennesel@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    Funnily enough, there is no single word for this in German of all languages. You just say “heat something up in the microwave”. The standard verb form would be “mikrowellieren”, but I’ve never heard anyone say that.

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    I say “zap it” myself. idk it just rolls off the tongue really nice

  • belated_frog_pants ( belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ) 
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    “Nuke it for about 30”

  • Flamekebab ( Flamekebab@piefed.social ) 
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    Mick-rowave. Based on how Jen pronounces it in Bob’s Burgers

  • YurkshireLad ( YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca ) 
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    I think I’ve used both zap and microwave.

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  • Christopher Masto ( masto@lemmy.masto.community ) 
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    Putting the food in the John McCain memorial hot box.

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