VLVL2 (9.5): "Octogenarihexation"

[Dave Monroe]

"They had seen things in the forest, and particularly
up along Seventh River, whose naming aloud, in certain
taverns, was cause for summary octogenarihexation from
the establishment, as well as for less formal
sanctions in the parking lot." (VL, Ch. 9, p. 188)

"octogenarihexation"

p. 186 "octogenarihexation" = 86'd = tossed out.

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter9.htm

Main Entry: octa-
Variant(s): or octo- also oct-
Function: combining form
Etymology: Greek okta-, oktO-, okt- (from oktO) &
Latin octo-, oct-, from octo -- more at EIGHT
: eight <octane> <octoroon>

Main Entry: oc·to·ge·nar·i·an 
Pronunciation: "äk-t&-j&-'ner-E-&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from
octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo
eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) -- more at
VIGESIMAL
Date: 1815
: a person whose age is in the eighties
- octogenarian adjective

Main Entry: hexa-
Variant(s): or hex-
Function: combining form
Etymology: Greek, from hex six -- more at SIX
1 : six <hexaploid>
2 : containing six atoms, groups, or equivalents
<hexane>

Main Entry: -ation
Function: noun suffix
Etymology: Middle English -acioun, from Old French
-ation, from Latin -ation-, -atio, from -a-, stem
vowel of 1st conj. + -tion-, -tio, n. suffix
: action or process <flirtation> : something connected
with an action or process <discoloration> 

Main Entry: eighty-six 
Variant(s): or 86  /"A-tE-'siks/
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: probably rhyming slang for nix
Date: 1959
slang : to refuse to serve (a customer); also : to get
rid of : THROW OUT

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

V21.36 86’d
While sources do agree with Weisenburger that the term
"86" might originate in rhyming slang (for "nix"),
they also agree that it was first used in the
restaurant business to indicate menu items that were
no available. The wider usage here may not have
originated until the 1950s.

http://www.english.mankato.msus.edu/larsson/gr1.html

Cf. ...

"Some movie on channel 86....'" (VL, p. 41) et al. ...

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