First Things First
Ask George: Where Does the Term “86’d” Come From? | St. Louis Magazineany of these slang termsWhat Does ‘Eighty-Six’ Mean? | Merriam-Webster
Among the most recent senses adopted is a logical extension of the previous ones, with the meaning of “to kill.” We do not enter this sense, due to its relative recency and sparseness of use.
“I hate to see the guys always getting eighty-sixed,” she said, using military jargon for killed in action. “Not fair.”
— John Kifner, The New York Times, 3 Feb. 1991The most common meaning of eighty-six encountered today is the one that is closer to its service industry roots (“to refuse to serve a customer”). Given how many meanings the term has picked up in less than a century of use, however, it’s anyone’s guess as to what meanings it will pick up in the decades to come.
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This Administration Wants to 86 The Following Words
7 Dirty Words You Can’t Say on Television“generously” and “munificently” and “freely”Here are all the words Trump wants banned — in one article – Baptist News GlobalPoetry from Banned Words | Holly Jahangirione is never enoughpolitical speech without fear of reprisal,notNow go use it before we lose it
Freedom of speech has been ruined in more ways than one. I’m close to recording my latest rant for my YouTube channel, and one of those rants is how the “majority” has taken a word that was created by black people and turned it into something they used to beat us down, only to try to take it back when they realize something they do is now having the word used towards them; sigh…
I wonder how George Carlin would deal with today’s psyche; hmmm…
In spite of holding the First Amendment as near-sacred, I do believe there are some common-sense limits; it should not apply to:
I don’t run the world. Many people have reason to be happy about this.
Let me guess: “woke”? It’s a good word, a word worth borrowing, when used to mean what it was meant to mean in the first place and not twisted into an insult.
But you’re talking to a “girl” who runs like a – well, like an inept gazelle. I’ve never “run like a girl.” Or thrown like one. Or understood why doing things like a member of my sex did them was supposed to be a BAD thing. It’s a stupid insult.
“Fight like a man”? Go watch “The Shadow Strays.” Kickass women. I am starting to love action flicks with kickass women. I know a few – oh, well, shoot, I birthed one.
A lot of people out there need to grow up. Unfortunately, calling them “childish” is an insult to children. I’m looking forward to your “rant,” Mitch.