Meanings
- informaluncountableCooking with a microwave oven.
Eighteenth-century French gastronomes labored for days to perfect exquisite banquets; our Yank microwavery can produce equivalent gastric distress within seconds.
1991, SPIN, volume 7, number 71 more example
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 […]
1988, Bernard J. O'Keefe, Trapdoor, page 23
Origin
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