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To: WildHighlander57
1930s (as a noun, used in restaurants and bars to indicate that a menu item is unavailable or that a customer is not to be served): perhaps rhyming slang for nix1.

I still hear '86' used in restaurants. I've even seen it written over unavailable items listed on the specials board. It's great shorthand for use in a busy place.

857 posted on 03/28/2022 3:31:23 AM PDT by Oratam ("Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.")
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Many thankQs oratam!

People are also getting 86’ed at school board meetings if they unload on the board members.

They’re being told that if they come back, they’re going to be charged with trespass and arrested.


859 posted on 03/28/2022 4:03:11 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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