Intellectual Honesty Test. Would you have been offended by "86-46" jargon thrown around a year ago?

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22. Yes, it might also mean that, but it hasn't been a common use in my not so sheltered life

Often strings of letters and audible sounds have multiple meanings. Language use develops and changes, sometimes departing largely from its origins. I see you’ve chosen to focus on a presently uncommon use. I don’t care about the reputed origins of its use. There are generations of us that have never meant this when discussing what to do with an unruly customer or out of stock item. Did we really need to get tested on this or do you have some ulterior motive? Do we have to adapt our use of language to your finite exposure to a term? Maybe Tonies Soprano and Montana and google aren’t the best sources for modern English uses. By reading your responses, it seems intellectual honesty really wasn’t what was being tested here. I really don’t know what was being tested other than your ability to engage others on the virtues of language use.