What is Eighty-six?
1.
Restaurant lingo meaning "take an item off the menu." By extension it can also mean to get rid of almost anything (including doing away with somebody). The slangdefine entry attributing the term to the 1980s is erroneous. I worked as a short order cook in the late 1960s and it was in use in a half dozen NewYork city joints where I worked. Oldtimers say the term was around in the 1940s and that the derivation is Article 86 of the New York Liquor Code which describes the circumstances under which liquor should be withheld from a customer.
Restaurant manager: "we ran out of chipped beef . . . eighty-six the
shit on a shingle ."
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2.
to throw out or to take away or to deny
a band from Cape Cod, Ma
He eighty-sixed my fake id at the bar.
3.
verb- To kill, knock off, eradicate
All we gotta do is eighty-six that bitch judge, and we're straight.
4.
to dispose of someone or something, to get rid of someone or something
Let's eighty-six this punk's ass.
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5.
1. To remove or eliminate. Originally diner lingo to cancel an order. The term derives from rhyming slang for "nix."
Eighty-six the salad for table 12, they pulled a dine and dash.
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6.
To get barred or trespassed from an establishment (e.g., a casino).
The pit boss caught John back counting at the $100 minimum blackjack table, so they took him to the front door and eighty-sixed him.
7.
To delete. Orginated in the 1980's when restaurants started using POS(point of sale) software. The number 86 was used to delete incorrect or changed orders. Now, 86 has taken on its own life.
"you need to eighty-six your girlfriend" in other words "get ride of her"
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