5150
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5150
- /ˈfɪf.ti.wənˈfɪf.ti/
Rhymes with -ɪfti
Where it comes from
From Article 1, Section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code, signed into law in 1967, regarding involuntary commitment for psychological evaluation and treatment. Popularized outside of California due to the spread of popular media produced in the state.
noun 5150s · fifty-one fifty
- One who should be involuntarily confined.
verb 5150s · 5150's · 5150ing · 5150'ing · 5150ed
- To involuntarily confine someone for a mental illness that poses a risk to themselves or others. And they're all, "He's over there against the tree, he's not talking to us, he's not saying anything and he has a history of being a psychiatric patient and so we're 5150ing him."
adjective more 5150 · most 5150 · fifty-one fifty
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Of such an unsound mind that one should be involuntarily confined.
Similar: crazy
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