86'd

[WebLady]

Here the phrash "86's" means to throw out, some would even use it to say they have been fired or something like that.

When I used to wait tables the managers would use this to say we were out of something too ... "86 the shirmp"

Anyone know where this comes from?

[PGDesigns]

I had never heard of this. LOL

[ChristineLS]

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/86.asp

I was wondering (and still wonder the same thing) about the phrase, it's the year I'm born in so it's a phrase that perked my ears. I found that in my original search.

[WebLady]

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/86.asp

I was wondering (and still wonder the same thing) about the phrase, it's the year I'm born in so it's a phrase that perked my ears. I found that in my original search.
Good little article there, thanks for finding that :)

[EarlyBird]

HAHAH i know its still used around rest. and bars :) I hear it all the time, my bro is a bartender and he uses it at home too :) haha
thanks for the article

[FFC]

Funny, I just used it yesterday in one of my posts :) I like the term.. but I have no idea where it came from!

[WebLady]

Funny, I just used it yesterday in one of my posts :) I like the term.. but I have no idea where it came from!
I saw that; it reminded me that I have always wonered where it came from ;)

[ChristineLS]

Good little article there, thanks for finding that :)

I've lost so much of my life to Snopes.com ;)

[FFC]

I saw that; it reminded me that I have always wonered where it came from ;)


:innocent: I stopped using the term for years, then out of the blue over the last couple of weeks, I've incorporated it more into my vocabulary. Some people are like :bbeek: huh? :rofl:

[PGDesigns]

Funny, I just used it yesterday in one of my posts :) I like the term.. but I have no idea where it came from!

Yep, that was the first time I'd heard that. :)

[Nekochanpurr]

I've never heard of this before!

[amisteratwisterandme]

This is what I have always heard: The actual meaning comes from the size of a grave hole. 8' long, 6' deep. When you 86 something you are metaphorically "burying" it, losing it, getting rid of.

What a nice thought huh?

[FFC]

This is what I have always heard: The actual meaning comes from the size of a grave hole. 8' long, 6' deep. When you 86 something you are metaphorically "burying" it, losing it, getting rid of.

What a nice thought huh?

Well geeze, that's a friendly thought :ooh: LOL. Interesting though....