Navy vet here. 86 means to cancel. Example: “86 my last order.” I have never heard it used as execute or kill anyone. Maybe that’s an Army thing. Who knows? But this vet feels perfectly comfortable saying 8647! - ThreadSky

pamkeithdc.bsky.social • 32 days ago

Navy vet here.

86 means to cancel.

Example: “86 my last order.”

I have never heard it used as execute or kill anyone. Maybe that’s an Army thing. Who knows?

But this vet feels perfectly comfortable saying 8647!

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charleybrown.bsky.social•32 days ago

Army vet here, never heard it used to mean terminate.

dash11.bsky.social•31 days ago

86 may be too bid of a number for the republicans to comprehend, so I will go with 2547.

dreembarge.bsky.social•30 days ago

I bet MAGA is confusing deep-six and 86. It fits their half-smart profile. Remedial language arts, anyone?

angeledehart.bsky.social•32 days ago

I agree with you, Pam! #8647 must go viral. All these maga folks need to be 86d.

cryptid-jasper.bsky.social•32 days ago

At the dog daycare I used to work at, it was used to as a way of saying we were going to cancel the membership of the owner, but we'd say "(Dog name) is gonna be 86'd" for some reason???

akiva631.bsky.social•32 days ago

Now if we’re talking LAPD and it’s 187… entirely different.

ckshadow.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ahh memories......

I can hear the song playing from across the years. I can see a young man sitting on the fantail with his Walkman, staring out over the waves, and listening to Tommy Tutone singing 86/47-5309.

Oh to be young again.

existentiallyme.bsky.social•31 days ago

Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix.

hooplas2much.bsky.social•32 days ago

Oh, but that doesn’t fit the narrative of their manufactured outrage. Of course it means whatever they tell you it means b/c bullshit is all they’ve got😡. It’s still THE GULF OF MEXICO btw ‼️

jwhallin.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s not an Army thing, either. 86 means to cancel, not kill.

72loboandkoollouie.bsky.social•32 days ago

I our day it was widely used in bars letting folks know they were cut off, period.

angelannie43.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s not an Army thing either as far as I know. These people try to spin anything. I’m no fan of Comey, but there’s nothing there, so they’ll waste a bunch of money chasing this bs.

pissedashell.bsky.social•32 days ago

As a citizen who never voted for Trump, hate the bastard & thinks he deserves to rot & lie stinking in the Earth, I will say that I WOULD be quite comfortable with anyone referring to 86 as the ultimate pennance for his Treason & attempted destruction of America!

imthatholly.bsky.social•32 days ago

Regulars at bars know a common meaning it to eject a patron.

paullr.bsky.social•32 days ago

Perhaps 86 could = impeach? 🧐

nintyfan1991.bsky.social•32 days ago

I learned what "86" meant watching SpongeBob SquarePants. You know the episode where SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs thought they killed a health inspector?

doc2marines.bsky.social•32 days ago

BZ shipmate

joanne2000.bsky.social•32 days ago

Exactly!

kristinajensen.bsky.social•31 days ago

More drama from the Drama Queens

samiam559.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's also a restaurant term; 86 a certain dish that is no longer available or they are out of "86 the fries"

bear816.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's not an Army thing. Army vet here.
86 is to have someone leave an establishment. Such as a bartender 86ing an out of control customer. Nobody is going to stop me from using the term... NOBODY!

cassandrashuman.bsky.social•31 days ago

The regime is so stupid & desperate they’re probably confusing 86 with deep 6.

attil22.bsky.social•32 days ago

I got 86’d from a candy store when I was 12 for grabbing a snickers; I got caught and told to never return :(

markpaleo.bsky.social•32 days ago

We're out of prime rib. 86 the rib.

These people are finsane.

better-2be-kind.bsky.social•32 days ago

Cancel/ kill

foxford.bsky.social•32 days ago

86 the onions on my burger.
I agree.
However, Trump’s tweet of Joe Biden kidnapped and tied up in the back of a truck was very clear.

comicrissieb.bsky.social•32 days ago

In the Marines, it meant to get rid of, eg: "86 that attitude" or "86 that draft. Let's start all over."

jumpinblue.bsky.social•32 days ago

It means... when the time comes, he and all his followers, every single one of them, will be deleted from History permanently...

crashtestcadavers.bsky.social•32 days ago

But, it's ok for someone to suggest (outright, no "codes") that Mark Kelly should be executed. Fuck this country.

nicoliosis.bsky.social•31 days ago

My mom was 86’d from numerous bars in the 90’s for running their billiard tables and sharking their regulars. If it meant “kill” she wouldn’t be banned from numerous bars. She’d have been dead after the first “86.” lol

How do people fall for this bs??

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jeffreywhitsett.bsky.social•31 days ago

In restaurants, it means you have run out of something. “86 salmon special” means the chef has no more so don’t try to sell it.

mrmky.bsky.social•32 days ago

Trump has caused the deaths of soooooo many people, I feel like “cancel” is wide open to interpretation.
When his Karma comes home it’s going to be bigly beautiful to watch.

ltaldoraine.bsky.social•31 days ago

It is referencing jumpers off the Empire State building observation floor, it was a very common place to jump pre safety fences post depression. Hence to 86 it.
https://www.esbnyc.com/buy-tickets/86th-floor-observatory

too-big.bsky.social•31 days ago

I've never heard that before nor can I find any reference to it.

The original use of "86" came from the prohibition period bar Chumley's in the West Village of NYC. Patrons were told to "86" when the coppers were coming–go out the back door at 86 Bedford Street.

https://chumleysnewyork.com/chumleys-nyc/

nicelynicelyjones.bsky.social•32 days ago

I had always understood ‘86’ to be an old naval term. I had thought it to mean to throw overboard into deep water (8 fathoms deep, perhaps?) but in the sense of ‘taking out the trash’ or ‘canceling’ (as in “RFK’s policy is to 86 government-funded child cancer research programs.”)

glolala911.bsky.social•32 days ago

Fox news spinning it! They tried to ban Urban Interpretations, but ok.

greeceeberger.bsky.social•32 days ago

So Hoffa was killed under the endzone? That's a challenge

glolala911.bsky.social•32 days ago

Right! 👊👊

unclethug500.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is also wrong on the 80 and 6 - it was originally drawn from the f-86 Sabre jet which was so dominant at the time - if you wanted something removed or cancelled, you sent an f-86 after it - hence “86 that”

kyleruggles.bsky.social•32 days ago

I wish...

They had that opportunity for 4 years... They didn't even try.

They blew it!

regina77.bsky.social•32 days ago

Same. And agreed.

staycalmandcarryon.bsky.social•32 days ago

First-Thank you for your service!-A phrase I admit bothers me because it falls so short of the mark. Second-Just have to say how thrilled I am by the caliber of women in this fight-so many of them Veterans. Looking forward to 86ing Facism with the Ladies!

scottishox2.bsky.social•32 days ago

Agent 86 was Maxwell Smart's Number on #GetSmart

roastedtato.bsky.social•31 days ago

They're purposefully confounding the meanings of 86 and 187, but im down for 18747 too so idk.

lordsweatpants.bsky.social•32 days ago

I remember in the Army, 86d’ always ment to fire/relive/shut down an idea or person. Now “frag” was something very different.

bluturn.bsky.social•32 days ago

To think these people are so ignorant

trashycappy.bsky.social•32 days ago

You can tell they haven’t worked a day in the service industry and assume that no one else has. That said, I couldn’t give a shit how miserable they make Comey’s life. Let’s not forget his role in 2016. He didn’t deserve the peace of the last 4 years, nor any for the next.

hollyinfrance.bsky.social•32 days ago

Every New Yorker & everyone who has worked in a restaurant knows the meaning of 86. Hint: it has nothing to do with inflicting bodily harm.

ggmajoyc.bsky.social•32 days ago

When I was an expedited at Friday's, it just meant I was going home, outta here, & the servers were on their own dealing with the eccentric chef...

meaghanmorelli.bsky.social•32 days ago

Exactly. Anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant knows it means cancel. As in “86 the meatloaf.” 🙄 Their manufactured outrage is so stupid and transparent.

lawson70.bsky.social•32 days ago

I’m not a veteran but as a former waitress even I know 86 means cancel.

tallyannae.bsky.social•32 days ago

86 47

amethystdarke.bsky.social•32 days ago

It usually means to throw someone out of a bar, usually for bad behavior.

mdouglaswray.bsky.social•32 days ago

GIGGITY!!!!! 8647!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

louisev1.bsky.social•32 days ago

Same thing in restaurant talk.

shepherdone.bsky.social•32 days ago

I was today years old when AI explained the origin of "86ed."

hankusmc.bsky.social•32 days ago

Me too. I'll be surprised if we don't start seeing hundreds of posts of pictures of shells laid out in the same manner as was posted by Mr. Comey! Trump and his flunkies are on a roll to crush the first amendment of free speech. He has already launched investigations on Chriss Krebs and Miles Taylor

east-coaster.bsky.social•32 days ago

I've been singing
86 47 1 29 (to the tune of 864-7309/Jenny) allll morning.

i-told-you-so.bsky.social•32 days ago

😂good one!

staceindelta.bsky.social•32 days ago

8647

As in get him out & keep him out. From bar & restaurant speak.

8647

I'll say it all day, every day.

nightshiftxtech.bsky.social•32 days ago

I feel very comfortable telling Trump to hurry up and DIE on his FB site.

arniemi.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yep. It means to cancel. In this case, Cancel means Impeach.
IMPEACH TRUMP = 86/47!

princesssharon81.bsky.social•32 days ago

86 is get rid of and 47 is Trump aka yam tits

hotaussieman.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yea I waited tables and when the chef said it was “86’d”, it meant we were out of the dish, veggie, dessert, whatever it was. I have never heard it used for killing. 🤷🏻‍♂️

jackenrod.bsky.social•32 days ago

I am good with saying 39.

jackenrod.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s exactly the same as when on Jan 6 we had shit stirrers say “trial by combat”. Same.

picapicase.bsky.social•32 days ago

Maybe we could just say 2547 ? Then there'd be no misunderstanding.

blakdogg0521.bsky.social•32 days ago

There was a time that number was used by street thugs to suggest taking someone out (putting it gently). But, former FBI director was FIRED by MAGA man because he would NOT do criminal shit!! Accusing him of wanting to end someone's life is simply INSANE!

misscc42.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yes ma’am, you’re absolutely right.

86 in a restaurant is also is a way to communicate with staff if the kitchen is out of something.

No malicious intent.

democracy-dan.bsky.social•32 days ago

Never heard it used other than in the context of cancel. I think Trump et al know it well as they are 86’ing our rights, democracy, separation of powers, America’s standing in the world and so on.

randomperson645639.bsky.social•32 days ago

The people making the biggest deal out of this know that. The right continuously prove that they shouldn't be taken seriously.

mstrmidnight.bsky.social•32 days ago

Not any Army thing I've ever heard of. Shorthand for GTFO for us groundpounders.

awinita.bsky.social•32 days ago

86 in restaurants and diners means "we're out of" as in
"86 the vanilla icecream" or "86 the pasta special."

wckdwtch180.bsky.social•32 days ago

Former kitchen worker. 86 meant we ran out of something. "86 the chicken special!" I no context do I think it means kill.

mikecalamari.bsky.social•32 days ago

Thought 86 was typesetter code for end of the article.

hopewell64.bsky.social•31 days ago

8647 Army vet here.

bigfoot19.bsky.social•31 days ago

86 also means being ejected from a bar.

pallasa.bsky.social•32 days ago

Retired US Army here, not an Army thing. It's actually a bar/restaurant thing that happens to obnoxious people and can be a permanent ban from the facility. 😉

allthewayforshey.bsky.social•32 days ago

Barfly here.

86 means to get kicked out permanently.

Example: “He got 86’d for being a fucking asshole.

I’m perfectly fine saying 8647.

lonestargooner.bsky.social•32 days ago

Army vet here.

Never used “86” as a synonym for kill.

The Army doesn’t do synonyms.

If the objective was to “kill” X, we just said “Specialist, kill X.”

Maybe it’s an Air Force thing.

ckshadow.bsky.social•32 days ago

I don't think its Airforce....My Mom was Airforce and she definitely wouldn't say "86" to mean kill..... She'd just sneak in while you were sleeping and do it. She didn't need any code words.... that's why I respect her so much.

lonestargooner.bsky.social•32 days ago

I wasn’t being serious; just keeping up the traditional interservice shithousery.😎

Your mom served, so she’s a ok with me.

Now, that there Space Force…those fuckers probably say all kinds of crazy shit. 😂

ckshadow.bsky.social•32 days ago

Aww hell its all good. Just don't tell my mom I said that about her.

lonestargooner.bsky.social•32 days ago

Good call. 🫡

jamestap.bsky.social•32 days ago

Nobody had any idea what this meant before this now that Trump is making a big deal of it now everybody knows lol. It’s got a ring to it.

darbrina.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's also "throw out" in bar talk. If you get 86'd from a bar, you are thrown out and not allowed back in.

democracy4all67.bsky.social•31 days ago

My parents said 86 it.... to say get rid of or throw it away.
They were from the 1930s 40s generation
During WW2 that was a common phrase..

eegeeb.bsky.social•32 days ago

Same here, Pam. ⚓️

86 means to cancel.

jadedragon2.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yes, it mean cancel in the restaurant world as well.

gyrate.bsky.social•32 days ago

Thank you for your service.

ethiccalbeef.bsky.social•32 days ago

8647

alohatsunami.bsky.social•32 days ago

Exactly.

My folks ran an upscale restaurant at one time and if the stone crabs (for example) had sold out the instructions to the waiters were to,
"86 the stone crab orders!"

hjbmw4life.bsky.social•32 days ago

Creating another distraction. 86 has meant cancel forever.
They had no issues when 86 - 46 was their rave.
Great at playing a victim.

rickymun.bsky.social•32 days ago

Aren’t these the same people that wanted Mike Pence (dead), Nancy Pelosi (dead), posted pictures of Michelle Obama as a monkey, etc, etc. and now they’re calling for Comeys execution because of the implication of the number 86. Who are the “sheep”?Why is no one flipping the script on these people?

cpufxrndmv.bsky.social•32 days ago

Fuck MAGA. I remember a time they threatened to hang a VP and stormed the capital because they lost an election. For them to think Dems support Comey is foolishness.They should be thanking him for starting this mess. They're snowflakes.

richsiegel.bsky.social•32 days ago

ty clarification.

raggeashark.bsky.social•32 days ago

Navy/Marine Corps vet here. Same. I think the gallows erected on Jan 6 were a bit more ominous than a bunch of shells, but that's just me.

maddashdaves.bsky.social•32 days ago

In the restaurant industry 86 Fish , it means we’re “out of”…. Fish.” Not that we “assassinated” a flounder!

drmaki.bsky.social•31 days ago

I always understood 86 to mean remove not kill. I think the republicans are blowing things out of proportion and reason. Reminds me of when Obama dared to wear a brown suit or when Michelle wore a sleeveless dress

brandnub-n.bsky.social•32 days ago

86 tfg

jorge-s.bsky.social•32 days ago

Restaurateur here. The term originated in the kitchen as a way of letting the wait staff know that a particular dish on the menu is temporarily unavailable. It then spread to the bar as a way of telling the bartender to stop serving a drunken customer and to show him politely to the door.

jennyfmtheblock.bsky.social•31 days ago

🙏 amen! And Ty for your service🇺🇸
#8647

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fitebak.bsky.social•31 days ago

When it gets to the point that we can’t speak our mind without lawsuits , fear of scratching someone’s very thin skin when they spoke horrible things about the last president . here is another communication from the military I’d like to speak of. Domestic enemy’s to the constitution.

sassygirl411.bsky.social•32 days ago

All true! What someone should say is he’s 2-20 (crazy) which he is. #8647

cavalrysword.bsky.social•32 days ago

I am thinking of painting 8647 on my roof. I'm under the landing pattern for our airport.

i-told-you-so.bsky.social•32 days ago

Personally, 8647, is being too nice😉

squireafd.bsky.social•32 days ago

Absolutely Louie! 👍

i-told-you-so.bsky.social•32 days ago

I know, right!?!

ethiccalbeef.bsky.social•32 days ago

8647

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sarahinitaly.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yes. And I learned from SNL that if something is 86ed at a restaurant, it means that they don’t have any more of it. It’s really not complicated except to MAGA conspiracists.

never-trumpism.bsky.social•32 days ago

Army says 86 Navy

hockeyfanne44.bsky.social•32 days ago

Back in the party hearty days 86 meant getting kicked out of the venue because you were partying TOO hearty

rbtsandoval.bsky.social•31 days ago

The idiots are confusing it with what gang taggers use for murder. It's a standard police code "187".

rdwnur.bsky.social•32 days ago

margiem.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ex waitress agreed

homesculptor.bsky.social•32 days ago

For a criminal case, the meaning is entirely subjective. He could mean impeachment. It could just be a statement of protest or resistance (protected speech.)
There is no path to overcome reasonable doubt. It is a waste of a courts time to bring charges on this issue.

thegeauxt.bsky.social•32 days ago

Bought me a hat!

jmortj5.bsky.social•32 days ago

Wait... It's actually made in the USA? Unlike the "maga" hats? 😂😂😂 Now that is funny

superfluousthomas.bsky.social•32 days ago

Army Vet here. It is not an Army thing either.

donna4harris.bsky.social•32 days ago

georgeishungry.bsky.social•32 days ago

“You’re 86’d” is something I’d say to a customer I was intending to longer serve when I was a bartender. Just means “you’re done, get out.”

silverside.bsky.social•32 days ago

Like they 86’d David Hogg?

reallydebl.bsky.social•32 days ago

Try again, he’s running for reelection for his post like some others. Nah, don’t try again

silverside.bsky.social•32 days ago

What?

reallydebl.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ok, slower this time

Nobody 86ed David Hogg, he has to run again for his position just like some others do. He wasn’t singled out, he wasn’t canceled or thrown out

setmycompassnorh.bsky.social•32 days ago

David was there for months doing just fine until he spoke up. The party loves more of the same. Expect it in abundance. Btw I have campaigned ever since Carter. The party is run by shit weasels but, it’s the lesser of two evils.

reallydebl.bsky.social•32 days ago

The party and campaigns are generally run by shitweasels. On board for a purge of Dem consultants. But, there was a complaint lodged about the process of him getting that seat and it’s not new

rb3iii3.bsky.social•31 days ago

The dictionary should have the first and last word on this. It says "86" means: reject, cancel. It does NOT say: execute or kill.

ondb0.bsky.social•32 days ago

This Navy Vet completely agrees

letjonesycook.bsky.social•32 days ago

Also the same in a restaurant. 86 means cancel an order

lafoule17.bsky.social•32 days ago

Only way I’ve heard it (am British so idk)

grumpyoldcow.bsky.social•32 days ago

lol im from uk too and I'd never heard of it at all until today, and initially thought what am I missing but as the days gone on I've got to understand it 😂 and yes he/they need cancelled.........impeach the fecking lot of them

lafoule17.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s only because other half was a chef and it must have pollinated from a Yank. But yes cancel all the things or as my Mum would say it all needs rubbing out and drawing in again!

grumpyoldcow.bsky.social•24 days ago

lol I still say that now!

daniel-crow.bsky.social•31 days ago

Look at a dictionary. It will tell you how the word is used.

Republican VP candidate's "second amendment remedies" was a clear threat of violence that was ignored.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world

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