j-catとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Short for J-Category (also Category-J), a former designation used for mentally ill prisoners in the California State Prison System.

名詞

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.

2. (slang) One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner.