five-by-five

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five-by-five^¹

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From radio communications phrase dating from the 1950s. The first five referred to a rating of signal clarity, the other to reception strength. See Signal strength and readability report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

adjective five by five

idiomatic, informal, not comparable Loud and clear. "Hon, are you getting good data from us?" "Five-by-five." "Any sign of hostiles?" "Nope." "Can I get a few more syllables from you?"
idiomatic, informal, not comparable Fine; OK.

five-by-five^²

noun five-by-fives · five by five

A performance in which a player accumulates five points in each of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in a single game.
figuratively, slang Someone whose body is roughly shaped like a square; a short and fat person. "Yeah? No stuff? You, a date? Wad yuh know. What is she, a five-by-five?"
Similar: All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, elephant, fat, fatfuck, fatso

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@misc{five_by_five_2026,
  title = {five-by-five},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/five-by-five},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}