In our super-stellar, better-than-everyone-else, American exceptionalism job market, many Americans end up working their asses off for less than minimum wage in the service industry at least once in their lives. Enough so that we’re all mostly familiar with the most common industry slang.
187 is an old California police code for a murder. Might still be in use, I don’t know. It came into more common knowledge with the song Deep Cover by Dr Dre and Snoop in 1992 with the lyrics “Yeah, and you don’t stop /
'Cause it’s 1-8-7 on a undercover cop”
It’s not obscure at all, and it isn’t limited to just restaurants. I’ve known the term 86, referring to removing something or someone, since I was kid.
That’s one way to tell people you don’t know much about your own language/culture. Because all of them have words or phrases that ignoramuses think are normal to most people.
lol and this obscure thing is general knowledge to american people?
anyways, thanks for the clarification
In our super-stellar, better-than-everyone-else, American exceptionalism job market, many Americans end up working their asses off for less than minimum wage in the service industry at least once in their lives. Enough so that we’re all mostly familiar with the most common industry slang.
Americans have so many weird number associations
420
10-4
7/11
401k
5150
187
411
Etc.
Like half of those you listed are police codes that they use over the radios that seeped into common language.
i only know about 420 and 69 thanks to memes😅
You lost me at 5150 and 187
187 is an old California police code for a murder. Might still be in use, I don’t know. It came into more common knowledge with the song Deep Cover by Dr Dre and Snoop in 1992 with the lyrics “Yeah, and you don’t stop / 'Cause it’s 1-8-7 on a undercover cop”
It’s not obscure at all, and it isn’t limited to just restaurants. I’ve known the term 86, referring to removing something or someone, since I was kid.
That’s one way to tell people you don’t know much about your own language/culture. Because all of them have words or phrases that ignoramuses think are normal to most people.
I’m not American and English is not my own language