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US Homeland Security is investigating Ex-FBI Director James Comey for posting a picture of seashells arranged into the number "8647" (www.theguardian.com)

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Trump’s supporters have interpreted the message as an endorsement of violence against Trump – the 47th president. There is more debate around the use of 86, a slang term often used in restaurants to mean getting rid of or throwing something out

https://xcancel.com/Sec_Noem/status/1923141313005785365

https://xcancel.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1923118680658862260

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s.

Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather"). It's not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it's part of the informal jargon that soldiers, sailors, or airmen might pick up and use, influenced by broader civilian language.

Defending Comey isn't really my bag. I just kinda wish anything meant anything. How cute is the coincidence that a bygone character of the civil soap opera is done in by his contemporary: alternative facts

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

There's no reason to defend him. He's getting bitten by the very beast he fed for decades.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If I am not mistaken the term "86" comes from the Great Depression. The big vats of soup that they would feed hungry people lining up with would typically produce 85 bowls so if you were the 86th person in line you were shit outta luck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always heard it was from a speakeasy in the west village called Chumleys. Its address was 86 Barrow Street. They would serve liquor in tea cups and each drink had a different “tea” code name. If the cops came for a raid they would shout “86 your tea cups” and everyone would throw their cups into the fireplace.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Good old Chumleys.