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JadziaDax · 09-25-2003, 01:46 AM

The Word of the Day for September 25 is:

eighty-six • \ay-tee-SIKS\ • (verb) slang: to refuse to serve (a customer); also to get rid of; throw out

A little more information about today’s word:
In the early 1900s, people began using the verb "nix" to mean "to veto" or "to reject." Approximately 50 years later the verb "eighty-six," which may have been created as a rhyming slang word for "nix," began popping up in the lingo of restaurant and bar employees. If you work in a restaurant or bar, you might eighty-six (or "eliminate") an item from the menu offerings, or you might eighty-six (or "cut off") a customer who should no longer be served. "Eighty-six" is still used in this specific context, but it has also entered the general language. These days, you don’t have to be a worker in a restaurant or bar to eighty-six something—you just have to be someone with something to get rid of or discard.

My sentence:
"I think it's about time you eighty-sixed those sneakers, before they simply disintegrate," Ben's mother informed him.

Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.

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09-25-2003, 01:46 AM	#120 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	Word of the day September 25 The Word of the Day for September 25 is: eighty-six • \ay-tee-SIKS\ • (verb) slang: to refuse to serve (a customer); also to get rid of; throw out A little more information about today’s word: In the early 1900s, people began using the verb "nix" to mean "to veto" or "to reject." Approximately 50 years later the verb "eighty-six," which may have been created as a rhyming slang word for "nix," began popping up in the lingo of restaurant and bar employees. If you work in a restaurant or bar, you might eighty-six (or "eliminate") an item from the menu offerings, or you might eighty-six (or "cut off") a customer who should no longer be served. "Eighty-six" is still used in this specific context, but it has also entered the general language. These days, you don’t have to be a worker in a restaurant or bar to eighty-six something—you just have to be someone with something to get rid of or discard. My sentence: "I think it's about time you eighty-sixed those sneakers, before they simply disintegrate," Ben's mother informed him. Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition. Next sentence?