J-cat
nounEtymology Short for J-Category (also Category-J), a former designation used for mentally ill prisoners in the California State Prison System.
- Fuckers never see the light of day. Nevada Fucking Prisneyland, O.G.! Homos, snitches, Chomos, straight-up J-Cats, and children all P.C.'d up together, scandalous shit, dawg!2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:
- Some J-CATs didn't even take medication, meaning they white-knuckle this lifestyle, possibly unaware of their deviation from reality and normality.2023, Justin Cook, Infectious Injustice:
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Slang One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner.