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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
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Never heard of it so I had to look
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/eighty-six-meaning-origin
"86 the chef special" == get rid of it [from the menu]
No, "86 the chef special" means 'kitchen is out of chef special.
Yes, your task is to remove it from the menu.
But you aren't 86ing it.
You're marking it as 86'd because the quantity is below minimum threshold (usually zero).
str 86;str itmTo86;86='get rid of';info(strFmt('%1 %2',86,itmTo86));(This won't actually work, since you can't assign ints as variables, but whatever. It was fun)
In a workshop environment I've heard "86 it" to mean "get rid of it." synonymous with "shitcan it."
And that’s the joke behind Agent 86’s number on Get Smart. He’s a bad agent, and someone should have gotten rid of him.
There's a timely reference. Get Smart: In Color.
I heard/read years ago "86ing" came from the old west referring to killing somebody. You'd take them "80 miles out" and bury them "6 feet deep."
This right here is my truth. If 80 miles out & 6 feet deep is wrong, than I don't wanna be right. Always loved this expression and origin story.