So I'm reading this book, Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson (also the author of Cryptonomicon), and I came across this passage that I believe is the best usage of the word "masticate" that there has ever been and will ever be. I thought I'd share it.
"The Dutch Ambassador rolled his eyes and tossed the waffle back over his shoulder - before it struck the ground, a stout, disconcertingly monkey-like dog sprang into the air and snatched it, and began to masticate it - literally - for the sound it made was like a homunculus squatting on the floor muttering, "masticate masticate masticate."
-p232, Quicksilver
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