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86 (previous 85, next 87)
- the number eighty-six
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Etymology
Unknown. The OED suggests possible rhyming slang for nix.
Other, more elaborate theories include Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City, as item #86 on their menu, their house steak, the famous Delmonico steak, is supposed to have run out often in the 19th century. Another theory is that this term came from the New York speakeasy Chumley’s, which was a hotspot in the 1920s. Chumley’s is hidden inside a West Village building which has two entrances: a well-set-back main entrance on Barrow Street and an obscure back-door exit on 86 Bedford Street. When police were sighted approaching the main entrance, the barkeeps yelled ‘86 it!’ to signal the patrons to hide the liquor and exit quickly through the back door.
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86 (third-person singular simple present 86s, present participle 86ing, simple past and past participle 86ed) (US, chiefly restaurants)
- (informal, transitive) To cancel an order for food.
- 86 the ham and eggs for table two!
- (informal, transitive) To temporarily remove an item from the menu.
- 86 the lobster bisque – we won’t have the lobster delivery until tomorrow.
- (informal, transitive) To throw out; discard.
- We finally had to 86 that old printer after it jammed one too many times.
- (informal, transitive) To deny service to.
- The restaurant 86ed us because we didn't fit the dress code.
- 1995, Leaving Las Vegas, 00:10:40:
- (Ben Sanderson, speaking to a bartender) -- "Please, serve me today, and I'll never come in here again. If I do, you can 86 me."
- (informal, transitive) To kill.
- He stole from me and snitched on me, so I 86ed him.
2017 September 28, Josh Corbin, 37:03 from the start, in Start Up, season 2, episode 6, spoken by Ronald Dacey (Edi Gathegi):RONALD:”They tried to ghost your girl Isabel right here”. WES CHANDLER(played by Ron Perlman):”Tried to ‘ghost’ her?” RONALD:”Merk. 86. Put her down in the dirt. You feel me?”
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