![]() The first known appearance in print, discovered by word sleuth Barry Popik, is in “On Broadway,” the widely syndicated column by New York’s premier gossip-monger Walter Winchell. Where did this unusual use of the number come from in the first place? As I discussed in an episode of the podcast Lexicon Valley, there are numerous theories about the origins of the eighty-six slang, but most of the theories lack any evidence to back them up. (It’s common lingo among those who tend bar, a profession that entails inconspicuously showing the door to patrons who have had too much to drink.) It has also been turned into a verb, meaning “eject” or “get rid of”: The note seems to suggest that the restaurant wanted to eighty-six Sanders. ![]() In the lingo of restaurants and bars, eighty-six is an old bit of coded slang that can mean that an item on the menu isn’t available-or, as is evidently the case here, that a customer should be removed from the premises. jr3bfiY3XY - Brennan Gilmore June 23, 2018 ![]() Apparently the owner didn’t want to serve her and her party out of moral conviction. got kicked out of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va tonight.
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