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Conrad Hoffsommer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 May 1998 20:39:12 -0500
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At 19:52 5/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi List - My son called and asked if I knew what it means to "86" somebody or
>something.  He thought it might be a musical term or expression.  I never heard
>of it.  Has anybody?  Reply off list if it's gross or something - Best,
>Margaret
>
 
"86" is an old restaurant /food worker terminology for being out of a
particular menu item.
 
I recall from my first job after high school in a diner (yes, one which was
an old railroad car), and when the waitress would order up something which
was out, you'd hear an "86 on -----" yelled back from the cook.
 
What it may mean in your son's friends' usage is still up to conjecture...
 
Conrad
 
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT          [log in to unmask]
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Oh wad some power the giftie gie us; to see oursel's as others see us!
It wad some monie a blunder free us, and foolish notion. - Robert Burns

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