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English

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Alternative forms

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• 5-O, five-oh, 5.0, 5O, Five-O

Etymology

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From the police procedural television series Hawaii Five-O (first aired in 1968), so named because it is set in Hawaii, which is the 50th U.S. state.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

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five-o (uncountable)

1. (US street slang) The police. [from 1980s]
   • 1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:Five-oh caught me, now I'm going to the mountains / Said good-bye to my girl, my lawyer and accountants

Further reading

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• “five-oh n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
• Eric Partridge (2005), “five-oh”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 754.

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