Where did the term "86" originate?
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I used to be a server and we used to say that all the time but I had no idea where it came from.  So...  I tried to find some info and this is a website I found.  I hope it answers your questions.  I found it interesting.  \n\nhttp://www.dinermuseum.org/culture/culture-slang.php
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I would think it means somewhere between 85 and 90...
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TI-86? im guessing that its quite different that an 84 or 83plus.
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I believe it originated around gangsters of the 20s who wanted a word to act tough with when asking for money such as "Gimme yer dough!!" or "Frankie, don't forget the dough or Patty will be mad" It was just the slang of the time, but sort of lingered till present day
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I think that somebody started saying it that way and it caught on.  I agree with you that it seems arbitrary.  It might also be that this changes over time.  Maybe a couple of decades from now, people will be saying "twenty o six".
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Kudos (IPA: ['kju:dɒs], from the Greek κύδος kydos, literally "that which is heard of") means fame and renown resulting from an act or achievement; by extension is often used as a praising remark. It entered English as British university slang in the early 1800s. Frequently used by Time magazine, it came to America in the 1920s and 1930s.\n\nEighty-six: "Do not sell to that customer" or "The kitchen is out of the item ordered. To remove an item from an order or from the menu." Article 86 of the New York State Liquor Code defines the circumstances in which a bar patron should be refused alcohol or '86ed'. The Soup Kitchen Theory: during the depression of the 1930s, soup kitchens would often make just enough soup for 85 people. If you were next in line after number 85, you were '86ed'. The Eight Feet By Six Feet Theory: A coffin is usually eight feet long and is buried six feet under. Once in your coffin you've been 'eight by sixed', which shortens to '86ed'.
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There is a madsci article about this question at: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/888691550.Ph.r.html\n\nHope that helps...the site discusses the hypothesized origins...
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45, retired on 8/17/86
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The answer is at the link. My first thought was Ripken and that is correct. It was in 1987.
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The answer is 110111010.  In decimal, it's the same as 253 + 189 = 442.
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I have never heard of this and i am jewish.  we do like the number 18 because it correspnds to the word living.
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It's from the Greek περιφέρεια, periphery
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There are several theories on the origin of the term. In the bar culture, it is attributed to Article 86 of the New York State Liquor Code. Article 86 specifically outlines the circumstances in which a bar patron should be refused alcohol or removed from the bar. In the restaurant culture, the theory goes back to the Great Depression and the soup kitchens. The legend goes that soup kitchens were limited to 85 patrons at a time so number 86 in line wouldn't receive food.\n\nA lesser known theory is that Cockney rhyming slang took the word nix and transformed it into "86'ed".
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86 divided by 24.\ntake it from there?
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Average is around 85 to 90.
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automatic:\n    1748, first used by Eng. physician and philosopher David Hartley (1705-57) in ref. to involuntary animal or human actions, from Gk. automatos "self-acting," from autos- "self" (comb. form) + matos "thinking, animated." Sense of "self-acting, having power of motion" is from 1812; especially of machinery which simulates human action from 1940. As an abbreviation of automatic pistol or gun, it is attested from 1902; meaning "car with an automatic transmission" is from 1949. Automatic teller first attested 1971. Automation was coined 1948 by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder; automate is a 1952 back-formation.
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The 8086 is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel in 1978, which gave rise to the x86 architecture. The Intel 8088 (released shortly afterwards) was essentially the same chip, but with an external 8-bit data bus, allowing the use of cheap chipsets. That 8088 processor is notable as the processor used in the original IBM PC