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The appliance that turns dinner's leftovers into a tiny thunderstorm under your sink.
means The act or means of getting rid of something, or the mechanical device under a sink that grinds up food waste.
from From Latin 'disponere' — dis- ('apart') plus ponere ('to place') — meaning to arrange or distribute. Through French 'disposer' it entered English meaning to arrange or settle matters, and only later picked up the sense of 'throwing away' or 'discarding,' as something settled or finished with. The kitchen gadget sense is a 20th-century American add-on, naming the device by what it does to your garbage.
- invented
- 1927, by architect John Hammes
- never put in
- bones, grease, and fibrous celery strings
- jam fix
- hex wrench slot hides underneath for manual turning
- myth busted
- running water helps, but ice does not sharpen blades