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The old slang term '86' probably started as restaurant-worker jargon. Suddenly it's in the news

Posted 5/17/25

The slang term at the center of a political firestorm around former FBI Director James Comey likely originated as food-service-industry jargon before extending to other uses. In a since-deleted …

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