Possibly, mankind's most finest invention. "Cooking without fire!" It is also this Urban Dictionary Contributor's opinion that the Microwave Oven is the implied 2001 A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick "Ape Tool" that will eventually define our demise. It represents all that is good and all that is bad. This rectangular box's start button, in analogy, is the nuclear death of all mankind or the provider of sustenance for the millions in need. In spoken word we toy with its implied, "Age of Destruction" capabilities. See 'Nuke This' in the Urban Dictionary

The next time you heat up a ham and cheese sandwich in this "box without fire," you should remember one fact. There will come a time when someone wants your hot and toasty ham and cheese sandwich..., which button will we have pushed?

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

A device that heats up food very fast. Often shortened to ''microwave''.

Not to be confused with the classic Dutch Oven, the Microwave Oven is a when someone farts under the covers and instead of shoving the other's head underneath, they open up the sheets after cooking for a few minutes just like the microwave door.