italkimate, you copy-and-paste that definition from the net, didnt ya? be careful, that's plagiarism! better to post the link to the website instead...

plagiarism is still wrong. it is best you refer to the "terms of service" of italki.com but then again, software piracy and fake products are rampant in china too bad china is blocking many websites, like it controls the media

This little "eighty-six" term has several, possibly related, meanings as follows. 1. Indicating that an item is no longer available - In restaurant / bar terminology "86" is a phrase that is used internally between employees to communicate to each other that a specific food or beverage item is sold out or out of stock. i.e. "we are 'eighty-six' crab cakes" means that the establishment is sold out of crab cakes. The term is widely used in many restaurants. A television program recently reported it originated at a New York City speakeasy, Chumley’s, located at 86 Bedford Street. During Prohibition, when a raid was imminent, a cop on the take would call and warn the boss to ‘eighty-six it’: hide the booze and get the customers out. The story sounds plausible. 2. To refuse to serve an unwelcome customer at a bar or restaurant - The fashionable New York restaurant had 85 tables, so the eighty-sixth was the one whom restaurant didn’t want to serve. 3. To throw away - The term "86" in a bar, nightclub, gentleman's club etc. refers to the status of a person who is no longer welcome at or legally able to enter the establishment. A person who has been "eighty-six'd" have been kicked out of the establishment.

Sorry,I know this is obviously off-topic but I have to add: John,to post the links is not always the best choice for us...