Bill Watkins from Tallahassee, Florida, is having a tough time knowing which setting to use on his microwave. He figures this moment of indecision while standing there with your finger poised over the buttons deserves a name. His suggestion: microwavering. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Microwavering”
We had an email recently, Grant, from Bill Watkins of Tallahassee, Florida, who is proposing a word to be added to the lexicon, and I really like it.
Here’s what Bill says.
When I’ve put a dish of food into the electronically powered device near my stove for reheating, and I stand torn between using three minutes at power level four versus four minutes at power level three, now moved in one of those directions, then inclined the other way, repeatedly reversing my intention.
What word describes that behavior?
He’s got one.
He’s got one.
What is it?
Microwavering.
I love that because I have this experience, you know, which should I put it on?
And the other thing that I think we need a word for is, I don’t know if you do this, Grant, but I always turn off the microwave right before the bell rings.
Beep, beep, beep.
Yeah, I know, I know, especially early in the morning when the microwave… there’s no sensitivity to it.
At least mobile phones usually have this function where you can say, after 9 o’clock, dull the sound or turn it all the way off or something.
Yeah, what about microwaves that buzzed? That’d be nice.
They do it on cell phones.
Or just glowed.
Or glowed, yeah, it flashed or something.
Or just played music.
Or nothing.
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