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Originally posted by Hawks Coach
I used to wait and we used "86" when a customer changed their order. So waiters would tell the cook to "86 the pancakes" and give em the french toast, er, freedom toast.
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In this case, 86 would still have a similar meaning. It carries the added connotations of "make it so". In other words, make the pancakes become 86'ed. I'm surprised that's the only use you had for it. I've worked in several restaurants in several parts of the country, and it's always also included things that were used up ("Tape the 86 list up here") and customers that we needed to get rid of.