Why are Android popup messages called toasts?

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Ellen Spertus picture Ellen Spertus · Feb 27, 2011 · Viewed 14k times · Source

My guess it that the lightweight notifications in Android are called Toast because they popup like toast from a toaster. Can anyone confirm this or provide a better explanation? I am teaching a course on Android development and would like to edit the wiki, so I want to be sure to get it right.

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Pascal MARTIN picture Pascal MARTIN · Feb 27, 2011

Quoting wikipedia :

An ex-Microsoft employee of Google is credited with coining the term during the development of MSN Messenger, since Messenger's small notification windows slide upward into view, like toast popping out of a toaster

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