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Sherman said:
This is the kind of losing argument prosecutors love. 86 ("to kill") is the size of a typical grave 8 feet by 6 feet. It is fairly easy to prove that this was the intended meaning. It is well known Comey hates Trump. The intent would be easily proved by additonal contextual evidence.
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Nah. Well familiar with this term from hanging around Bikers back in the day

It's got a naval meaning originally referring to dropping bodies in the Ocean, but it means to get ejected from an establishment with the implication they you get roughed up in the process.
 
Sherman said:
This is the kind of losing argument prosecutors love. 86 ("to kill") is the size of a typical grave 8 feet by 6 feet. It is fairly easy to prove that this was the intended meaning. It is well known Comey hates Trump. The intent would be easily proved by additonal contextual evidence.
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86 means to throw someone out of a bar, or throw them out generally. It doesn't mean kill them.
 
Thomas More said:
86 means to throw someone out of a bar, or throw them out generally. It doesn't mean kill them.
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It depends on the context. Comey posting 8647 because he wants to throw Trump out of a bar doesn't make sense. Trump doesn't even drink. In some contexts, particularly in crime fiction, military slang or underworld jargon, "86" can mean to kill, murder, or permanently get rid of someone or something. This was the intent of the message posted to the public by Comey, which he implicitly admitted by taking it down. There have already been two attempts on Trump's life and these provocations need to be taken seriously.
 
Sherman said:
It depends on the context. Comey posting 8647 because he wants to throw Trump out of a bar doesn't make sense. Trump doesn't even drink. In some contexts, particularly in crime fiction, military slang or underworld jargon, "86" can mean to kill, murder, or permanently get rid of someone or something. This was the intent of the message posted to the public by Comey, which he implicitly admitted by taking it down. There have already been two attempts on Trump's life and these provocations need to be taken seriously.
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"Or throw them out generally", as in throw him out of office.

Too many people have used it in a non-killing context to be able to say that's the only thing it can mean.
 
I was somewhat curious, and it looks like Miriam Webster looks like it has a decent word history of the term “86.“ it started with soda jerks in the 1930s and continued with an expanded to saloons kicking out drunken customers and 1950s,. Then in the 1990s military started using it as slang for when someone died in action..

What Does 'Eighty-Six' Mean?

It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out.
www.merriam-webster.com www.merriam-webster.com

Edit but again trying to use this as proof in a potential federal law case against comey may not be enough to indict
 
Working in a restaurant....86 is common industry term to state the item is sold out.

Ex the chef will tell the wait staff to "86 the Elk chops" .
 
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