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minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·edit-22 months ago 86 is a number that commonly means “get rid of” W h a t Edit: Like numerology, I guess?
minus-squareWR5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoIt’s used in restaurants often (in the U.S.). If you are out of the chicken dish, for instance, a chef may say “86 the chicken” to a server to make sure they inform anyone before they place an order for it. Source: worked in restaurants for several years.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoOr being 86ed from a bar means you’re no longer welcome there.
minus-squarefaltryka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago86 used in that context is pretty common in my neck of the woods.
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFair, I never heard it in England
minus-squaresplendid9583@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/86#English
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSo seems like 20th century American slang. TIL.
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Like numerology, I guess?
It’s used in restaurants often (in the U.S.). If you are out of the chicken dish, for instance, a chef may say “86 the chicken” to a server to make sure they inform anyone before they place an order for it.
Source: worked in restaurants for several years.
Or being 86ed from a bar means you’re no longer welcome there.
86 used in that context is pretty common in my neck of the woods.
Fair, I never heard it in England
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/86#English
So seems like 20th century American slang. TIL.