“31” or “Thirty-one” (lemonade)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“4 Norse gods, 1 Roman god, and 2 astrological bodies walk into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version about the names of the days of the week is: "4 Norse gods, 1 Roman god, and…
“4 Norse gods, 1 Roman god, and 2 astronomical bodies walk into a bar…” (bar joke)
"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A version about the names of the days of the week is: "4 Norse gods, 1 Roman god, and…
“400” or “Four-hundred” (chocolate milk)
Soda fountain slang (also called "diner slang" or "restuarant slang" or "hash house Greek") is mostly of historical interest today. A numerical list: 5 (five) --…
“41” or “Forty-one” (a glass of milk)
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 41. Glass of milk. 42 means two glasses of milk,…
“41” or “Forty-one” (orangeade)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“44” or “Forty-four” (coffee)
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 44. Cup of coffee.
“51” or “Fifty-one” (hot chocolate)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“55” or “Fifty-five” (root beer)
Newspapers.com 10 July 1985, The Times-Mail (Bedford, IN), "Soda jerk unique on American scene" by Ink Mendelsohn, pg. 5, col. 4: FIFTY-FIVE -- root beer Newspapers.com 29 November 1997,…
“7/11 is a part-time job”
"9/11 was an inside job" is a famous (or infamous) saying associated with the attacks on New York City's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. "7/11 is/was a part-time…
“71” or “Seventy-one” (a cup of coffee)
Newspapers.com 26 October 1937, Stuart (FL) Daily News, "Ye Editor's Easy Chair," pg. 2, col. 1: "Seventy-one." (One cup coffee.)
“72” or “Seventy-two” (two cups of coffee)
Newspapers.com 26 October 1937, Stuart (FL) Daily News, "Ye Editor's Easy Chair," pg. 2, col. 1: "Seventy-two." (Two cups of coffee.)
“81” or “Eighty-one” (a glass of water)
Newspapers.com 20 October 1921, San Antonio (TX) Evening News, "Dr. Socrates Cicero Jones...," pg. 14, col. 4: 81, a glass of water. Newspapers.com 27 June 1926, The Morning Examiner…
“86” (not from Chumley’s or Empire State Building)
"Eighty six," in restaurant lingo, means to be out of an item. It is sometimes claimed that it comes from New York City speakeasy Chumley's, at 86 Bedford Street, or that it comes…
“88” of “Eighty-eight” (customer is waiting for the check)
Newspapers.com 1 April 1946, Roanoke (VA) World-News, "Observant Citizen" by W. C. Stouffer, pg. 6, col. 7: "Eighty-eight" means the guy is standing there with his dough…
“89” or “Eighty-nine” (a movie star is in the store)
Newspapers.com 10 June 1929, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, "Pittsburghesque" by Charles F. Danver, pg. 8, col. 6: The Soda Jerkers' Code.The young bartenders in one of those big…
“90” or “Ninety” (a pretty girl has arrived)
Newspapers.com 8 April 1939, Sheboygan (WI) Press, "What Is Your Number?," pg. 14, col. 2: 90 -- A pretty girl has arrived.
“91” or “Ninety-one” (English muffin)
Newspapers.com 1 April 1946, Roanoke (VA) World-News, "Observant Citizen" by W. C. Stouffer, pg. 6, col. 7: "Fifty-one" means a hot chocolate and "ninety-one" for an…
“91” or “Ninety-one” (seltzer)
Newspapers.com 27 September 1981, The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, NY), "Counterwailing" by Dan Carlinsky, Suburdia Today, pg. 18, col. 4: 91. Glass of seltzer.
“95” or “Ninety-five” (a customer who walks out without paying)
Newspapers.com 29 March 1936, Helena (MT) Daily Independent, "National Youth Administration Compiles Lexicon of the Soda Jerker After Five Months Work" by Helen Dallas, pg. 2, col. 8: It…