J-cat

English

Etymology

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Noun

J-cat (plural J-cats)

  1. (US, prison slang) A mentally unstable inmate.
    • 2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:
      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!
    • 2023, Justin Cook, Infectious Injustice:
      Some J-CATs didn't even take medication, meaning they white-knuckle this lifestyle, possibly unaware of their deviation from reality and normality.
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