03-22-2018, 04:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ERA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
" When used as a verb, eighty-six, eighty-sixed, 86, 86ed, or 86'd is American English slang for getting rid of something, ejecting someone, or refusing service."
As in Toyota USA 86'd the FR-S name.
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Very few people outside of the military seem to know that. We used it all the time back in the day. I stopped using it when I started just getting blank stares from the younger guys when I would say to just 86 it.
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