eighty-six or 86

[Laurence Urdang]

The important thing is When?  "Used to" is meaningless.
  L. Urdang

Darla Wells <dlw3208 at LOUISIANA.EDU> wrote:
  ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
Sender: American Dialect Society
Poster: Darla Wells
Subject: Re: eighty-six or 86
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We used to use 86 on the carnival to mean banning someone from the lot or
kicking a person off the lot, often by force.

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org