"J-cat" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Short for J-Category (also Category-J), a former designation used for mentally ill prisoners in the California State Prison System.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "J-cats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j-cat",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaycat",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cat-J",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "J-cat (plural J-cats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "ref": "2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:",
          "text": "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!",
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          "ref": "2023, Justin Cook, Infectious Injustice:",
          "text": "Some J-CATs didn't even take medication, meaning they white-knuckle this lifestyle, possibly unaware of their deviation from reality and normality.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mentally unstable inmate."
      ],
      "id": "en-J-cat-en-noun-Fgx1BUr8",
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "unstable",
          "unstable"
        ],
        [
          "inmate",
          "inmate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, prison slang) A mentally unstable inmate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-J-cat-en-noun-VuO3rVUB",
      "links": [
        [
          "erratic",
          "erratic"
        ],
        [
          "excited",
          "excited"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "J-cat"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns",
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  "etymology_text": "Short for J-Category (also Category-J), a former designation used for mentally ill prisoners in the California State Prison System.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "J-cats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "j-cat",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jaycat",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cat-J",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "J-cat (plural J-cats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "American English",
        "English prison slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              107,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:",
          "text": "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!",
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        },
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            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2023, Justin Cook, Infectious Injustice:",
          "text": "Some J-CATs didn't even take medication, meaning they white-knuckle this lifestyle, possibly unaware of their deviation from reality and normality.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mentally unstable inmate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "unstable",
          "unstable"
        ],
        [
          "inmate",
          "inmate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, prison slang) A mentally unstable inmate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "erratic",
          "erratic"
        ],
        [
          "excited",
          "excited"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) One who behaves in an erratic or overly excited manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "J-cat"
}