http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/macerate/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/macerate/#comment-122 Dad Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:33:45 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/09/27/macerate/#comment-122 I haven't heard that word used in about 30 years, and when I did, it was adapted for what would probably be considered by a purist to be a less-than-appropriate use. Some engineers started a company to develop and sell a toilet intended for use on boats and recreational vehicles. Its main component was a horizontal spinning disk or plate with radial blades or vanes on its top surface, which they called a macerator, the function of which was to macerate stuff. I'll leave the rest to your imagination. The company, incidentally, did not survive. I haven’t heard that word used in about 30 years, and when I did, it was adapted for what would probably be considered by a purist to be a less-than-appropriate use. Some engineers started a company to develop and sell a toilet intended for use on boats and recreational vehicles. Its main component was a horizontal spinning disk or plate with radial blades or vanes on its top surface, which they called a macerator, the function of which was to macerate stuff. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. The company, incidentally, did not survive.

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