Date:  Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:45:19 -0800
From:  Keith Chambless <keith[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BLUENEPTUNE.COM>
Subject: Re: "911" as a verb?

>     "They called roll, Irit wasn't there, they went looking for her,
>     couldn't find her, 911'd Westside Division, who sent a couple of
>     units. . . ."
>
>     I haven't seen this usage before. Has it been around for a while?
>
> Virginia

I never heard it before. But I've heard of 86'd. And I've heard someone say
"I'll 86 you from the bar", so 86 is a transitive as well as an intransitive
verb, why not 911 too?

Keith
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