--- Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stefan Bodewig wrote:
> >
> > +1 - if you explain the "86" to a poor German who doesn't get it ;-)
>
> To "86" something means to remove it from the menu. While the origin of
> the term is unclear, many attribute it to restaurants where it became
> known as "the item on the menu that we don't have".
I always thought it came from a code-number for bussing a table -- but
American Heritage seems to have another idea about it:
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: eight�y-sixed or 86�ed,
eight�y-six�ing or 86�ing, eight�y-six�es or 86�es
Slang 1. To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or
restaurant. 2a. To throw out; eject. b. To throw away; discard.
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps after Chumley's bar and restaurant at 86 Bedford
Street in Greenwich Village, New York City.
Diane
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