To 86

[Drew Danielson]

"Philip E. Cleary" wrote:
>
> The following paragraph is from a CNET newsletter, which I received
> yesterday.
>
> <We loved it, you hated it, we rethought it. That's right, in our
> first take on Netscape 6, we generally gave the new browser the
> thumbs up. But readers overwhelmingly 86'd the program. >
>
> Can anyone translate the verb "to 86" into English?

I haven't a clue as to the origin of the verb, but I have heard it used
as a synonym to, "to put [sth] in the circular file" and, "to trashcan"
(or, less savorily, "to [bad word that means poo]can").