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What does it mean to "86 someone?"

Posted - May 15
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  • 2242
    Isn't that the code that without a screen phone you're using to hear the phone number after the call you got was missed? Without looking it up I bet it is. Oh ok it's to eject someone forcibly or to "slam the dooarrah" or reject someone out. Oh my Gaawd quit slamming dooohrrrah!!!! Oh mi Ghaaawddah..Oohwwhha mann..
    Will ya cut it outta!!! Black O makes fun of me he figures I say "cut it out" on me...?_______says cut it out ..heh heh funny since I didn't even say.
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at May 15, 2025 6:58 PM MDT
      May 15, 2025 6:35 PM MDT
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  • 35340
    I have never heard it used that way. 
      May 16, 2025 10:03 AM MDT
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  • 4534
    "Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used primarily in the hospitality industry and sometimes in the military.

    In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

    Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather")."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)#

      May 16, 2025 7:08 AM MDT
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  • 35340
    Not asking about 86ing a thing or menu item.   
    But a person.  
      May 16, 2025 9:59 AM MDT
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  • 4534
    I gave you the meaning as it refers to a person.  

    "referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises"

    I can provide the words, but I can't make someone understand them.
      May 18, 2025 10:12 AM MDT
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  • 35340
     I did miss that sentence.   

    But that is in the hospitality industry.
    It means something else in the military in regards to a person.  
    And the same meaning in the criminal world.  It means to kill someone or get rid of them permanently.  

    Now, Comey being a former FBI director absolutely knew all of these meanings. 
      May 18, 2025 3:33 PM MDT
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  • 4534
    Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather")."

    I guess you missed that sentence, too.  There is no militry mention of using it in relation to a person.  

    The rest of your comment is just parroting what I have already written.  So, by all means, let's argue about something we both wrote.  The only difference is that I wrote it first.
      May 18, 2025 5:08 PM MDT
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  • 35340
    I did not claim you posted the military meaning relating to a person. You did not. 

      May 18, 2025 6:07 PM MDT
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  • 11753
    I have long heard of people being 86'd,  meaning removed from the premises or otherwise ejected. However, I just learned there is a very uncommon usage which can mean something more sinister. I personally have never heard it used to mean assassinate, but perhaps I run in the wrong circles. I do not think Comey is capable of being so brazen as to call for violence against Trump, but it should be investigated. The left should calm down and the right should quit jumping to conclusions. 
      May 16, 2025 12:57 PM MDT
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  • 4534
    Like you, that's been the general meaning I've heard it used to mean.  Unless I'm mistaken, Comey posted that as something he saw, not something he initiated, but yes, let's get it investigated. This post was edited by Spunky at May 17, 2025 8:39 AM MDT
      May 16, 2025 4:26 PM MDT
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  • 11753
    And also investigate everyone who bought one of these mugs or T-shirts or one of hundreds of similar styles. 

      May 16, 2025 10:52 PM MDT
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  • 11753
    Or investigate this right-winger

      May 16, 2025 10:57 PM MDT
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  • 4534
    Can you spell h-y-p-o-c-r-a-c-y?
      May 17, 2025 8:18 AM MDT
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  • 11753
    The people who bought this shirt are fine, though.

      May 16, 2025 11:02 PM MDT
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  • 4534
    Of course they are.  
      May 17, 2025 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 35340
    I am fine with investigating all of them. 
      May 17, 2025 1:03 PM MDT
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  • 17689
    Kill and bury six feet under. 
      May 16, 2025 7:53 AM MDT
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  • 35340
    That is the only way I have heard it used directed at a person. 
    The burial hole is 8ft long and 6ft deep. 
      May 16, 2025 9:55 AM MDT
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  • 17689
    Oh. Thanks.
      May 17, 2025 2:06 PM MDT
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  • 2242
    Not real that's deep 6 I think.
      May 16, 2025 2:49 PM MDT
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  • 35340
    Yes Deep 6 is also a term used for the same thing.
      May 17, 2025 6:04 AM MDT
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  • 11649

    86 has fairly broad interpretations as a slang term — and can simply mean to nix something - (say no to something or get rid of something. Cheers and happy weekend!

      May 16, 2025 8:49 AM MDT
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  • 35340
    Not asking about something.   But 86 someone...
      May 16, 2025 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 11649

    I figure that because the 86 was spelled out with lovely looking seashells – points out that it wasn't a message to kill and bury Trump.

    A person with that kind of hateful mind wouldn’t use pretty seashells to send a hate full message – they would spray paint it in big black letters on a wall or Cyber truck. Cheers and happy weekend!

    This post was edited by Nanoose at May 16, 2025 2:50 PM MDT
      May 16, 2025 9:22 AM MDT
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