I'm probably wrong but I've always thought that "86" meant simply to dismiss something or scrap it while "deep six" is the one that means "send something or someone to the bottom of the rive/ocean/ etc. FWIW, this is what Google AI says: - ThreadSky

digby56.bsky.social • 39 days ago

I'm probably wrong but I've always thought that "86" meant simply to dismiss something or scrap it while "deep six" is the one that means "send something or someone to the bottom of the rive/ocean/ etc.

FWIW, this is what Google AI says:

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musicinhead.bsky.social•38 days ago

86 feet under

warrenterra.bsky.social•39 days ago

I am aware of the meaning as used in bars: someone who's 86'd is shown the door.

rossindetroit.bsky.social•39 days ago

When I worked in restaurants in the 70s-80s 86 meant we ran out, not available, do not sell.

davidjhunt.net•39 days ago

Funny how nobody ever thought those "FJB" bumper stickers were a suggestion to go have sex with Joe Biden

bramp.bsky.social•39 days ago

In the context of an establishment such as a bar - to 86 someone is to ban them until further notice and perhaps permanently. This is done as a result of egregious behavior. Seems to be the best fit.

sugarcubedog.bsky.social•39 days ago

You’re not wrong.

julieokie.bsky.social•39 days ago

I worked in restaurants too long. It always meant we were out of something like “86 the special”.

doodahman.bsky.social•39 days ago

Exactly!! “86 on pork chops”

krismutter.bsky.social•39 days ago

i always used it as “we no longer have”

dennispcrawford.bsky.social•39 days ago

Republicans in disarray. Trump’s agenda has been thrown into chaos after a group of GOP hardliners blocked the bill in a key committee vote on Friday – dealing a major embarrassment to House Republican leaders and Trump himself.

nothingbutbluesky.bsky.social•39 days ago

Correct and I also think of Agent 86 lol

jcar8mm.bsky.social•39 days ago

Which is the reason for that name. It’s an allusion to the term.

nothingbutbluesky.bsky.social•38 days ago

Right, it's not a deadly serious term requiring investigation. They'll jump on anything at this point.

nmcarlito.bsky.social•39 days ago

Having been a bartender for 3 years in a very small rural community....86x meant cutting off drinks and calling the local sheriff to drive them home, because we wanted to make sure they didn't hurt themselves or anybody else.

danarchy.bsky.social•39 days ago

Digby, Digby.
M-S-1-3. It says M-S-1-3 in the sand
https://bsky.app/profile/danarchy.bsky.social/post/3lpcqrfhbhs2l

duwamishgirl.bsky.social•39 days ago

Someone said it meant 8 feet out and 6 feet under, but I’ve never heard that before. I also googled it after the person was a total ass and I came up with the same thing. I think the right wing made it up to go after Comey.

dontinnovate.bsky.social•38 days ago

86 in my waiting tables days meant out or gone. It was a statement of condition not action.

tryg72.bsky.social•39 days ago

It means gone, whatever the cause.

But then again, I swear "out of pocket" referred one thing and one thing only: paying for something yourself when someone or something else should be paying. Now "out of pocket" means crazy or out of office or any of dozens of things. So who knows anymore.