I know what the term meant when i was in college and one of my friends had one too many and was seen leaving the bar with a female who looked like she could trample.
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"War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula."
- General George Patton Jr.
thanks everyone. I was thinking of whether or not it would be appropriate for a giant crab-claw type weapon. Although it sounds funny (a "harpooning" claw"), but it certainly seems to fit the bill - a claw that grabs, holds and crushes rather than cuts and rakes.