86ed

[petecowboy]

Where did the term 86ed (as in your 86ed from here) come from?

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19961101 for the answer.

[atomsmasher]

If you click the link it explains how the restraunt biz in the 30's used numeric codes. I work as a truck technician and we use American Trucking Association codes for part failures, work performed, identifying assemblies and parts etc. The code for a "lost or missing" part is 86...According to its website the ATA was foundeded in 1933. I didn't see anything about the codes or when they were created or recorded. Strange coincidence of meaning between the pop culture 86 and the Part Failure Code 86.

[GJ911S]

To be 86ed refers to the effects the North American F86 Saber Jet had on the Soviet Mig during the Koren War. With a kill ratio of 10 to 1 (in favor of the F86), to be 86ed is to be shot down (sometimes in flames!!!). Most early uses tend to be bar (the type you drink in) related, i.e. when a patron was being ejected with force for fighting, ect.