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• aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  86 is a term used in restaurants to tell the staff when a product is no longer available. 47 means the 47th president of the US

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• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Americans say “86 [thing]” to mean “get rid of [thing]”

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  • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m an American and I rarely if ever hear this

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s something Americans say.

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