Town Crier: Loxahatchee Groves-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue, the largest cage free, no-kill dog shelter, held an unprecedented fundraising weekend March 1-2, raising $4.3 million at the annual “Wine, Women & Shoes” benefit event, with surprise visits from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, along with Big Dog Ranch Rescue Board Member and host Lara […]
Yesterday, on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC, April 30, 2026), O’Donnell wanted people to believe that because the dictionary definition of “86” doesn’t define it as “to kill,” it has never taken on that meaning in slang.
He quotes Merriam-Webster’s definition in the clip below, but what he fails to mention is that the very same Merriam-Webster dictionary acknowledges the “to kill” sense, even if they do not fully enter it due to its relative recency and sparseness of use. It shows examples of “86” being used to mean “kill” as far back as 1991, including military jargon for “killed in action.