5150
/ˈfɪf.ti.wənˈfɪf.ti/
5150 noun: one who should be involuntarily confined.
Noun
5150 (plural 5150s)
- One who should be involuntarily confined.
Verb
5150 (third-person singular simple present 5150s or 5150's, present participle 5150ing or 5150'ing, simple past and past participle 5150ed or 5150'd or 5150'ed)
- 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."1998, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Talking trauma: paramedics and their stories, page 117
- Sure, if you've ever been 5150ed by the Psychiatric Evaluation Team (no thanks to you and Rachael. Just because I was flipping my wig, flinging dishes and threatening to kill myself didn't mean I was actually SUICIDAL, guys! Jeez!) […]2000, Clint Catalyst, Cottonmouth Kisses, page 150
Adjective
5150 (comparative more 5150, superlative most 5150)
- Of such an unsound mind that one should be involuntarily confined.
- Synonyms:
- crazy
Examples of 5150 in a sentence
- “I'm going to keep him under sedation until tomorrow morning, and then 5150 him at UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Unit.”2006, J. T. McCalla, Reversal of Fear, page 187:
- Finally she said, “Zach, i'm calling 911 and have them 5150 you.”2007, Allison Brennan, Karin Tabke, Roxanne St. Claire, What You Can't See, page 382:
- Then, almost immediately on the heels of Beverly came Dante, who'd been 5150ed by his mother.2010, Jane Vandenburgh, A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, page 358:
- And it's not possible to 5150 him [place him on a psychiatric hold].2011, Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard, Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Acute and Critical Care, page 438:
Synonyms of 5150
Forms of 5150
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | 5150s |
| alternative form | fifty-one fifty |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | 5150s |
| third-person singular present | 5150's |
| present participle | 5150ing |
| present participle | 5150'ing |
| past participle | 5150ed |
| past | 5150ed |
| past participle | 5150'd |
| past | 5150'd |
| past participle | 5150'ed |
| past | 5150'ed |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more 5150 |
| superlative | most 5150 |
Origin of 5150
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.
Words that rhyme with 5150
Questions about 5150
- What does 5150 mean?
- 5150 means one who should be involuntarily confined.
- How do you use 5150 in a sentence?
- “I'm going to keep him under sedation until tomorrow morning, and then 5150 him at UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Unit.”
- What part of speech is 5150?
- 5150 can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce 5150?
- 5150 is pronounced /ˈfɪf.ti.wənˈfɪf.ti/.
- What is the plural of 5150?
- The plural of 5150 is 5150s.
Words near 5150 in the dictionary
Source and license
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