2006-06-19 21:51:46 · 8 answers · asked by Robert S 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I want a burger 86 the onions. where did the term come from ????? its origin
2006-06-19 22:06:30 · update #1
it means do not sell or included a certain portion or item of food or beverage by request or availability of product. Where did it come from????
2006-06-19 22:10:31 · update #2
It means to be out of something in the Food and Beverage Industry. and 68 means we have it in stock again. Not sure of it's origin. Maybe b/c they are a mirror of each other (86 68), that it seemed logical, since 69 was already taken ;)
2006-06-19 22:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Niagara Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm... can you use it in a sentence??
Thank you for the example: Finding out the history of a word is called the "Etymology" of a word.
The Online Etymology Dictionary is located at:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=eighty-six&searchmode=none
Eighty-six, slang for "eliminate" (1936), originated as lunch counter slang, a cook's word for "none" when asked for something not available, probably rhyming slang for nix.
It does not mean just "out of" - it also means "none" or "eliminate".
So YOU are really saying "I want a burger ELIMINATE the onions".
NOT "I want a burger OUT OF onions." or ""I want a burger IT HAS EXPIRED onions." When the cook says it, HE is saying "Out of" - you are getting NONE."
And Jahmie (below) had a great example:
"There must be someone you can 86 (ELIMINATE) real quiet-like and get me some lunch!"
-Audrey 2; Little Shop of Horrors
2006-06-20 04:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by Raynanne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where does it come from I'm not exactly sure I know what you implying though...I work in a resturant as I'm sure you do as well...when you run out of something. I'll get back to you on that my guess though is quite simply may have been something someone ran out of frequently and it just might have been a number on a box perhaps. That really is a good question and I wish I could answer it better.
2006-06-20 05:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by KitKat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There should always be 86 pounds of butter in every recipe.
2006-06-20 04:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in practice it means that your out of an item, nix, no more. Like, "86 the t-bone!"
2006-06-20 04:58:20 · answer #5 · answered by jneal488 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"There must be someone you can 86 real quiet-like and get me some lunch!"
-Audrey 2; Little Shop of Horrors
2006-06-20 04:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jahmie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To ‘eighty-six’ something in a restaurant is to indicate you are out of that item.
2006-06-20 04:56:29 · answer #7 · answered by Moon Pix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term is used to say " It Has Expired"
Past its "Use By" Date.
2006-06-20 04:57:53 · answer #8 · answered by medhruv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋