• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    4 months ago

    86 means kills

    86 was coined as “get rid of” sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, it previously was used to indicate that an item was out of supply or stock and to 86 something was to make it disappear, it’s been used in media as slang used by gangsters planning to off someone

    86 has always meant kill, although it can also refer to less harsh ways to get rid of something

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        4 months ago

        The paragraph right after reads:

        Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension of the previous ones, with the meaning of “to kill.” We do not enter this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.