这个词的字面解释是“八十六”，这是什么意思呢？请看对话：

    A: Why didn’t you answer my call yesterday?

    B: I can eighty-six you anytime I want to.

    A: Are you still angry that I forgot your birthday last week? I have apologized and bought you a gift.

    Note: This term has several, possibly related, meanings: to refuse to serve an unwelcome customer at a bar or restaurant, to throw away, or indicating that an item is no longer available. It originated in the restaurant trade. The actual origin is uncertain but is likely to be one of these: a reference to article 86 of the New York State liquor code which defines when bar patrons should be refused service, or from Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City. Item number 86 on their menu, their house steak, was often unavailable during the restaurant’s early years.