I assume it means you are crazy and belong in an asylum of sorts but I was just curious. Also, where did this expression come from?
2006-08-23 10:19:03 · 9 answers · asked by Matt 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
A person has to be "certified" by the proper authority or physician to be committed to an insane asylum. Crazy enough to be "certified"...Certifiable.
2006-08-23 10:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by smecky809042003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certifyable is short for someone who a court or doctor has evaluated to certifyably insane.
It sort of an old fashioned term in todays official world. It used to be easy for a family to have a person labeled as insane. In the 1970's the courts decided that unless you are a danger to your self or others being loony wasn't sufficient reason to lock you up. There used to be hundreds of thousands of people in mental institutions and now there are many fewer.
2006-08-23 17:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by Bob K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody takes you to court and get cerfited by the courts and docs unfit to handle yourself hense the expression. Example< a person with alhemiser does not know that they have it and endangeous themselves.
2006-08-23 17:26:54 · answer #3 · answered by ray56_32223 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you're crazy
2006-08-23 17:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by Sassafrass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you are crazy or insane.
2006-08-23 17:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you are "certifiable insane"
2006-08-23 17:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means you're NUTS Matt!!!!!
2006-08-23 17:24:13 · answer #7 · answered by kitkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
means that you are crazy or nuts
2006-08-23 17:26:12 · answer #8 · answered by bllorr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it is to say you are insane.
2006-08-23 18:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋