5-O
five-oh
The police. The term comes from the TV show Hawaii Five-0, about police officers in Hawaii, the fiftieth (50th) state. The five-oh are closing in on us—how are we going to avoid being arrested? Don't you hear those sirens? We've gotta hide from the five-oh! Eh, the five-oh just brought me in for questioning because of my record. I had nothing to do with this robbery, though.
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5-O
verbMcGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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There's a lot of fans of "Hawaii
5-O" out there and it is of interest to these visitors to come to places where the shows that they love are made.
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5-O.
However, as we all have come to understand, the big
5-O doesn't have to stand for middle age.
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