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microwavery

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English

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Etymology

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From microwave +‎ -ery.

Noun

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microwavery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Cooking with a microwave oven.
    • 1988, Bernard J. O'Keefe, Trapdoor, page 23:
      The kitchen was a masterpiece of modern microwavery, the brushed stainless steel of the implements and the shiny beige plastic counters unadorned and unabashed, poised to challenge McDonald's or Burger King []
    • 1991, SPIN, volume 7, number 7:
      Eighteenth-century French gastronomes labored for days to perfect exquisite banquets; our Yank microwavery can produce equivalent gastric distress within seconds.