![]() ![]() The term may have come from Old Eighty-Six, a popular shaving powder in the old days. When a patron would get too drunk, the barkeep would serve him a less potent, 86 proof liquor, thereby 86’ing him. Or it may have originally been a bartender’s term. Rotary phones had T on the 8 key and O on the 6 key, so to throw out (TO) something was to 86 it. The term was derived from military shorthand. The United States also has a Uniform Code of Military Justice that has an Article 86: Absence Without Leave, a.k.a AWOL. The term originated during the Korean war, a reference to the F-86 fighter jet when an F-86 shot down an enemy plane, it was 86’d. ![]() ![]() The term originated in the soup kitchens of the Great Depression, where the standard pot held 85 cups of soup, so the 86th person was out of luck. Then I did some research and realized the genesis of the term isn’t clear at all.įirst, another soup pot reference. After that number of ladles, the soup was 86’d. When I first asked that same question, I was told this: that the standard height of a door frame was 8 feet 6 inches, and when an obnoxious guest was shown the door, he was “86’d.” That pacified me until I later heard that it took 86 ladles to empty a pot of soup on an Army mess line. LouisĮditor's Note: This article was updated from an earlier version. Where did that term originate?-Jason R., St. We’ve all heard the term “86,” indicating that a restaurant is out of something. ![]()
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