What is "deep six"

"place where something is discarded," by 1921 (in phrase give (something) the deep six), originally in motorboating slang, perhaps from earlier underworld noun sense of "the grave" (1929), which is perhaps a reference to the usual grave depth of six feet. But the phrase (in common with mark twain) also figured in the sailing jargon of sounding, for a measure of six fathoms:\n\nAs the water deepened under her keel the boyish voice rang out from the chains: "By the mark five
--and a quarter less six
--by the deep six
--and a half seven
--by the deep eight
--and a quarter eight." ["Learning the Road to Sea," in "Outing" magazine, Feb. 1918] \n\nIn general use by 1940s. As a verb from 1953.

vb. (context idiomatic English) To discard, cancel, halt; to completely put an end to something.

The Deep Six are a fictional team of half- humanoid comic book villains created by Jack Kirby as part of the Jack Kirby's Fourth World set of DC Comics titles. They first appeared in The New Gods #2 (April–May 1971).

Deep Six is the name of two different groups of sea-oriented characters in the Marvel Comics universe.

Deep Six is an English-language adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States by Simon & Schuster in 1984. This is the seventh book featuring the author's primary protagonist, Dirk Pitt.

Deep Six may refer to:

• "Deep Six", a song from the 1984 Big Black EP Racer-X
• Deep Six (album), a 1986 compilation album
• "Deep Six", a song that appeared on the 1997 album Underdogs by Matthew Good Band
• "Deep Six" (song), a song from the 2015 Marilyn Manson album The Pale Emperor
• Deep Six (novel), a 1984 Dirk Pitt adventure novel by Clive Cussler
• Deep Six (Alberta politics), a group of fiscally conservative members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada
• Deep Six (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics teams with the same name
• Deep Six (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain team
• Deep Six (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Deep Six, a fictional novel by Timothy McGee, a character in the NCIS universe
• "Deep Six", an episode of Teen Titans
• Deepsix, a science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt
• The Deep Six, a 1958 World War II war film starring Alan Ladd

Deep Six, in comics, may refer to:

• Deep Six (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics teams with the same name
• Deep Six (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain team
• Deep Six (G.I. Joe), a character from the G.I. Joe comic book series

The Deep Six were a group of six Progressive Conservative Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta first elected in the 1993 provincial election. Sitting as backbenchers, they supported the government of Ralph Klein in its spending cuts to reduce the provincial deficit, and advocated still larger and swifter cuts. Their name came from their support for deep spending cuts and from their physical location in the Legislature—deep in the backbenches. According to Klein strategist Rod Love, Klein would ask to be briefed on the group's activities every morning of his first term.

The members of the Deep Six were Jon Havelock, Mark Hlady, Lyle Oberg, Murray Smith, Ed Stelmach, and Lorne Taylor. Klein would later bring five of these six into his cabinet—Smith became Minister of Economic Development and Tourism in September 1994, and Havelock, Oberg, Stelmach, and Taylor were brought in after the 1997 election. Oberg and Stelmach were both candidates to succeed Klein in the 2006 leadership election, with Stelmach winning and becoming Premier.

Deep Six is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's S.H.A.R.C. driver and debuted in 1984.

"Deep Six" is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson. The song was released to digital outlets on December 16, 2014 as the second single from the band's ninth studio album, The Pale Emperor (2015). A music video directed by Bart Hess was released on YouTube. The song was a hit on American Active Rock radio, peaking within the top ten of Billboard's Mainstream Rock, becoming the band's highest peaking single ever on that chart.

Deep Six is a compilation album featuring early recordings from several Seattle-based rock bands, originally released in March 1986 (catalog# CZ001). It was the very first release by C/Z Records, preceding by a few months the release of Sub Pop's Sub Pop 100. It is often cited as one of the two earliest records to showcase the "Seattle sound" that would later gain worldwide popularity as grunge (the other being Green River's debut EP Come on Down). The album was reissued as a joint C/Z Records/ A&M Records release on April 6, 1994 (catalog # 6971 2400 2).