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Semi OT: Car confusion - RU86'd

Subject: Semi OT: Car confusion - RU86'd
From: tberk at sbcglobal.net (T)
Date: Wed Dec 3 23:51:23 2003
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Don Walter wrote:

>Does anyone know where the term 86-it came from.  It comes from the part number of the pill (RU86) to kill unborn babies.
>
>RU86 = Are you dead? killed? expired? etc...  
>
>Just makes me think twice about using that term.  I don't mean to offend anyone or say that we shouldn't use it, but place some perspective of the origin.
>
>Don
>


You'll want to do so more research, the term "getting 86'd" has been 
around more than 70 plus years.

TBerk

References:
- Semi OT: Car confusion - RU86'd
  - From: dswalterwi at earthlink.net (Don Walter)

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