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Dave Wilton

18 Jul 2025 • 3 min read
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eighty-six / 86

2 May 2026 Eighty-six or 86 originated in restaurant slang with the meaning that an item was out of stock. It also came into use as a verb meaning to cancel an order and to eject or not serve a customer. It then passed into general slang to mean to
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