Receipt #0001
RestaurantRestaurant item unavailable
“86 the burger.”
Meaning: Remove / unavailable / out of stock
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A civic speech project from Brian and Ed Krassenstein.
They're Trying to Criminalize a Dictionary.
“86” has meant remove, throw out, get rid of, or refuse service for nearly a century. Now political actors are trying to rewrite slang in real time and turn protected political speech into a supposed threat.
Project 8647 condemns political violence, threats, harassment, and intimidation. We defend lawful political speech, voting, impeachment, resignation, peaceful protest, and constitutional removal from power.
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Source: Merriam-Webster history
Receipt #0002
DictionaryRefuse service
“To refuse to serve a customer.”
Meaning: Refuse service
Receipt #0003
WorkplaceEject or ban
“The club's bouncers eighty-sixed her.”
Meaning: Eject / ban / remove
Timeline preview
1930s
Soda-counter shorthand
86 appears in lunch-counter and restaurant slang for an item that is unavailable or sold out.
1950s-now
Verb goes mainstream
86 expands into general usage: refuse service, eject, remove, reject, discontinue, discard, or get rid of.
May 2025
Comey post controversy
James Comey posts shells arranged as 86 47, later says he viewed it as a political message and removed it after violent readings surfaced.
2025-2026
Reinterpretation wave
Trump allies frame the phrase as a direct threat while language sources continue documenting broader nonviolent meanings.
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They're trying to turn remove him into kill him.
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86 = Remove. 47 = Trump. Political speech is not a threat.
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You cannot prosecute a dictionary.
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They are not interpreting language. They are weaponizing it.
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86
remove
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47
Trump
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Remove Trump
lawfully
That is political speech.
Not a murder plot.
No violence.
No criminalizing dissent.
verb | slang
86
- 1. To throw out.
- 2. To get rid of.
- 3. To refuse service to.
- 4. To eject, dismiss, remove, cancel, or discard.
The burden is on the government to prove a true threat, not on citizens to surrender political slang because a politician dislikes the interpretation.
Meaning
86 means remove.
In mainstream use, 86 commonly means remove, eject, discard, discontinue, reject, refuse service, or get rid of.
Context
47 means Trump.
8647 can naturally be read as remove the 47th president through lawful means: elections, impeachment, resignation, or political defeat.
Principle
Speech is not a threat.
Political speech does not become criminal because officials choose the most extreme possible interpretation of slang.
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Brandenburg, true threats, Watts, political hyperbole, and why context matters.
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Merriam-Webster dictionary: eighty-sixLists refuse service, eject, dismiss, remove, reject, discontinue, and get rid of.Merriam-Webster wordplay: What does eighty-six mean?Explains 1930s soda-counter origins and mainstream slang usage.Cornell LII: Brandenburg testIncitement requires imminent lawless action and likelihood of producing it.Cornell LII: True threatsOnly true threats fall outside ordinary First Amendment protection.Oyez: Watts v. United StatesPolitical hyperbole is not automatically a true threat.Associated Press: 86 slang and Comey controversyReports the restaurant-slang history and political context.Reuters: Comey seashell prosecution analysisReuters report republished by Investing.com on legal experts' First Amendment concerns.