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Slang. a customer considered undesirable or unwelcome and refused service at a bar or restaurant. ... Slang. sold out; out of stock. ... Use eighty six in a Sentence...
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eighty-six - 9 definitions - Restaurant lingo meaning "take an item off the menu." By extension it can also mean to get rid of almost anything (inc... ... He eighty-sixed my fake id at the bar. ... 1. To remove or eliminate. Originally diner lingo to cancel an order. The term derives from rhyming slang for "nix."
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buy 86 mugs, tshirts and magnets ... To remove, end usage, or take something out or away. ... restaurant slang 86'd 86'ed eighty six eighty-six eighty sixed eighty-sixed by Lasttuesday Jan 12, 2006 share this...
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86 Bedford Street was the street address for Chumley's, a rowdy New York speakeasy that often forcibly ejected, or "eighty-sixed," drunk and disorderly patrons. ... Quinion himself seems partial to the explanation offered up by the Oxford English Dictionary -- "eighty-six" is rhyming slang for "nix." Of course,
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What is the story behind the bar and restaurant term 'eighty-six'? ... it was borrowed from a version of the German nichts, nothing. But it seems that eighty-six was created as rhyming slang in the United States.
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What just happened? Answer:The bouncer eighty-sixed them. Could you explain me where It comes from and who uses it? It sounds really odd to me. Is it current English? Thank you. Bones. Please, ... The ultimate origin of eighty-six is unknown. The most widely accepted theory is that eighty-six is rhyming slang for nix,
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Where did the term; "Eighty-sixed" come from? ... it was borrowed from a version of the German nichts, nothing. But it seems that eighty-six was created as rhyming slang in the United States.
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I'm more than a little shocked that a piece of 1930s slang like "eighty-sixed" is just now qualifying - either the term is back in vogue, or it's one heck of an oversight - and rather abashed that "overdog" had never occurred to me before.
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I have heard that the origin of this term "eighty-sixed" was referring to the standard height of a door frame. In other words to be thrown out the door, you are 86'ed. -Leslie Zenz (lzenzATagr.wa.gov) ... One slang term you might consider this week is the word "bagel" used as a verb. In sports and other games,
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