verb
General Slang
86
· verb · kitchen
Kitchen code for 'we're out — kill it from the menu.'
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Definitions
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To declare an item dead for the rest of service — either you've run out, it's gone off, or the chef is done with it. Called out across the line so servers stop selling it. Bleeds out of kitchens into bars and general slang for 'get rid of.'
“Chef, that's the last salmon plated — 86 the salmon.”
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To throw someone out and ban them — bouncer/bartender usage for refusing service to a customer who's crossed the line.
“He swung at the barback last week, we 86'd him.”
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86 In A Sentence
Chef, that's the last salmon plated — 86 the salmon.
He swung at the barback last week, we 86'd him.
Origin & Usage
Disputed. Popular theories: Chumley's bar at 86 Bedford St (NYC) where rowdies got tossed out the 86 door; rhyming slang for 'nix'; or 1930s soda-jerk code. First print citations early 20th century US.
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