Perhaps LonePalm could tell the group about the nautical term to “86”? I do enjoy their nautical terms definitions. That would be Deep Six.
It means to throw overboard. It comes from the leadsman's cry, "By the deep, six."
When sailing ships believed themselves near land or shoal water but couldn't see due to fog, they would station a man at the bow to hurl a lead weighted line marked with bits of cloth or leather to indicate the depth in fathoms. "By the deep, six," would mean that the water depth is more than six but less than seven fathoms (36 ft < depth < 42 ft).
Sometimes a bit of tallow or wax would be put in a depression at the bottom of the weight to bring back a bit of the bottom (sand/mud/shell/etc). It would give additional information as to where the ship was.
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Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Well, I don’t know that Lone Palm has a Nautical Answer for that.
GAO-20-86,
indicates actions needed to repair a ship.
The urban dictionary gives:
Top definition
86
“To remove, end usage, or take something out or away. Despite ALL other posts suggestion the origion of this phrase there is only one true answer:
Chumley’s, a famous and OLD New York speakeasy, is located at 86 Bedford St. During Prohibition, an enterance through an interior adjoing courtyard was used, as it provided privacy and discretion for customers.
As was (and is) a New York tradition, the cops were on the payroll of the bar and would give a ring to the bar that they were coming for a raid. The bartender would then give the command “86 everybody!”, which meant that everyone should hightail it out the 86 Bedford enterance because the cops were coming in through the courtyard door.
“86 that light”
“Everyone in Sales got 86’d.”
186 means The threat that you’re gonna kill someone.
187 Police Code for Murder