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The customer is always right (lemmy.world)
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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 65 points 11 months ago

But wouldn't the common restaurant lingo be "86 THE cherries?"

86 is a verb. To 86 something is to exclude it. But 86 alone is a number like any other. Just as 50 alone isn't pronounced "five-oh" and doesn't mean the Hawaii State Police. If I said "I'm 50," you'd assume it's my age, not my profession.

If I said, "That's the shit!" I'd mean the opposite of "That's shit!"

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Mileage varies. I've seen "86 [thing]" written on whiteboards more often than not, grammatically speaking.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also, a single cherry is the norm, perched decoratively atop the whipped cream. So "86 the cherry" would have been clear, and they could maybe get away with "86 cherry" according to you, but "86 cherries" might as well be "69 cherries." You wouldn't expect that to mean mutual oral sex.

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