[Ads-l] 86 speculation, anyone?

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Fri May 16 20:32:30 UTC 2025


The NYT just put a piece up about this, quoting me, and Green's Dictionary of Slang:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/16/us/trump-news#james-comey-trump-86-meaning

Jesse Sheidlower

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 08:15:26PM +0000, Stephen Goranson wrote:
> Comey kerfuffle
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> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/8647-meaning-james-comey-instagram-trump
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