eighty-sixing
Throwing someone out
Eighty-sixing is refusing service to a customer or getting rid of something.
The term originated in restaurant and bar slang—to eighty-six someone is to kick them out; to eighty-six a menu item is to mark it unavailable.
The meaning has broadened: They eighty-sixed the whole project after the budget cuts.
Also written as 86ing.
Venue entrance enforcer
- barDrinking establishment
- patronRegular supporter or customer
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- bannedOfficially disallowed
removed · escorted · doorman · establishment · troublemaker · cut-off · disorderly · nightclub
Food preparation room
- serverOne who attends tables
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- menuList of available dishes
- itemSingle unit or article
unavailable · sold-out · chef · ticket · waitstaff · diner · specials · inventory
Removing what's unwanted
- trashingDestroying or criticizing harshly
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
- tossingLight underhand throw
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
scrapping · ditching · junking · chucking · binning · purging · disposing · waste
Refusing to allow
- scrappingDiscarding as worthless
- killingCausing death deliberately
- axingCutting with heavy blade
- endingFinal portion of something
terminating · discontinuing · dropping · cutting · shelving · abandoning · canceling · scratching
bouncer
Venue entrance enforcer
banned · removed · escorted · doorman · establishment · troublemaker · cut-off · disorderly · nightclub · security
kitchen
Food preparation room
item · unavailable · sold-out · chef · ticket · waitstaff · diner · specials · inventory · shortage
discarding
Removing what's unwanted
- trashingDestroying or criticizing harshly
- dumpingDisposing carelessly or abruptly
- tossingLight underhand throw
eliminating · scrapping · ditching · junking · chucking · binning · purging · disposing · waste · removing
nixing
Refusing to allow
ending · terminating · discontinuing · dropping · cutting · shelving · abandoning · canceling · scratching · pulling
eighty-sixingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
admitting · letting in · accepting · including · embracing
eighty-sixingstocking
Knit leg garment
restocking · adding · featuring · offering · bringing back
eighty-sixingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
rolling out the red carpet · feting · wining and dining · comping
eighty-six, eighty-sixed, eighty-sixes, eighty, eighties, eightieth