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The customer is always right (lemmy.world)

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 45 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It still means that and is still used in that capacity at restaurants.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 14 points 3 weeks ago

Good to know; I only knew that usage from movies and whatnot, had no idea it was still used like that!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's rhyming slang with 'nix' which is Latin, and means to nullify or cancel. Because there layers of meaning hidden in english, Latin, and arabic numbers is not possible to be confusing.

And not to be confused with 'deep 6' which means to destroy, kill orr bury something 6 feet deep.

Instructing kitchen to deep 6 the cherries, the line cooks gonna need a gun and a shovel.