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English
Etymology
From Section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code, regarding involuntary commitment for psychological evaluation and treatment.
Pronunciation
Verb
5150 (third-person singular simple present 5150s, present participle 5150ing, simple past and past participle 5150ed)
- (transitive, US slang) To involuntarily confine a person for a mental illness that poses a risk to themselves or others.
- Synonyms: commit, section, Baker Act
1998, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Talking trauma: paramedics and their stories, page 117: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."
2000, Clint Catalyst, Cottonmouth Kisses, page 150: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!) […]
2006, J. T. McCalla, Reversal of Fear, page 187:“I'm going to keep him under sedation until tomorrow morning, and then 5150 him at UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Unit.”
2007, Allison Brennan, Karin Tabke, Roxanne St. Claire, What You Can't See, page 382:Finally she said, “Zach, i'm calling 911 and have them 5150 you.”
2010, Jane Vandenburgh, A Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century, page 358:Then, almost immediately on the heels of Beverly came Dante, who'd been 5150ed by his mother.
2011, Patricia Benner, Patricia Hooper-Kyriakidis, Daphne Stannard, Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Acute and Critical Care, page 438:And it's not possible to 5150 him [place him on a psychiatric hold]. He's not a danger to self, not a danger to others.
Adjective
5150 (comparative more 5150, superlative most 5150)
- (US slang) Synonym of crazy: Of such an unsound mind that one should be involuntarily confined.