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File 13 refers to a trash can. The phrase is especially used in the U.S. military, and is less common outside the United States. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the expression "round file" or "circular" is more common. Expressions such as "I'll place that memo in file 13" are often heard in offices as a joking way of saying, "I'm going to throw away that memo." A waste container (known more commonly in British English as a dustbin and American English as a trash can) is a container, which can be made out of metal or plastic¹, used to store refuse. ...
History
The first known citation of "File 13" was in 1941. The phrase's origins may perhaps be traced to 13 being a supposedly unlucky number, although the exact source is unknown. According to Slangsearch: Air Force, "File 13" refers to an aircraft's garbage can. For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...
Usage in popular culture File 13 is one of the simple games distributed in Dragon magazine. In this board game, players assume the roles of game publishers and each attempts to develop and market "hot item" games before the others. File 13 is a board game created by Tom Wham. ...
The cover of the 300th issue Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products. ...
There is an independent record label named File Thirteen Records, based originally in Little Rock, AR and now in Chicago, IL. File Thirteen Records has been a communal and musician-run independent record label since 1989. ...
There is also a Littlerock, California. ...
There is a song by the band AFI called "File 13," on the album Very Proud of Ya, which contains the lyric, "Someone should throw me away/Feel like a garbage can." AFI, in recent years short for A Fire Inside, is an American band from Ukiah, California. ...
Very Proud of Ya is the second album from punk legends AFI. It is the last album in which bassist Geoff Kresge was still a member of the band. ...
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