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  • sexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    If I am not mistaken the term “86” comes from the Great Depression. The big vats of soup that they would feed hungry people lining up with would typically produce 85 bowls so if you were the 86th person in line you were shit outta luck.

    • Maturin [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I always heard it was from a speakeasy in the west village called Chumleys. Its address was 86 Barrow Street. They would serve liquor in tea cups and each drink had a different “tea” code name. If the cops came for a raid they would shout “86 your tea cups” and everyone would throw their cups into the fireplace.