How did the phrase to 86 something become popular?
1) “Verb to eighty-six (third-person singular simple present eighty-sixes, present participle eighty-sixing, simple past and past participle eighty-sixed) 1. (colloquial) To cancel an order for food. “eighty-six the ham and eggs for table two!” 2. (colloquial) To remove an item from the menu. eighty-six the lobster bisque – we won’t have the lobster delivery until tomorrow. “Yes, I’d like the tomato soup.” / “I’m sorry sir, that’s been eighty-sixed – would you like a salad instead?” 3. (colloquial) To throw out; discard. “We finally had to eighty-six that old printer after it jammed one too many times.”” Source and further information: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eighty-six 2) “In American English, the number 86 used as a verb, to “eighty-six,” means to “ignore” or “get rid of”. The first recorded usage of this term occurs in the mid-1930s. There are many theories of the origin of this usage, most p
