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J-cat
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English
Alternative forms
en j-cat jaycat Cat-J
Etymology
Short for J-Category (also Category-J), a former designation used for mentally ill prisoners in the California State Prison System.
Noun
en US prison slang A mentally unstable inmate.
en 2003 Jimmy Lerner You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish 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!
en 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.
en slang One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner.