Why would 86 mean none?
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86 is a slang term that means to get rid of something. See the Green Day song '86' as an example. The origin is from a really long time ago, when it meant a menu item at restaurants was no longer available.
It still means that and is still used in that capacity at restaurants.
Good to know; I only knew that usage from movies and whatnot, had no idea it was still used like that!
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Why would 86 mean none?
I like the theory that it's like Cockney rhyming slang—eight-six, nix.
Like what Don Cheadle's character do in Ocean's Eleven.
That portrayal was so bad that the leading theory is his character was actually an American faking it
Jokes on you, I just got a week supply of cherries.