In some slang vernacular, the police are known as 5-0. I used to know why this was, but forgot. Anyone care to help me remember the answer to this question...? Thanks.
2006-11-06 13:08:41 · 17 answers · asked by 444 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Jack Lord starred in a State Police show in Hawaii called, "Hawaii Five-Oh". Hawaii was the 50th state to join the Union.
2006-11-06 13:11:31 · answer #1 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
5-0 Police
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The characters in the original 1960s TV show were assigned to a unit of the police department called 5-0 (Five Oh). I don't recall if the 5-0 Unit was based on a real HPD unit or if it was made up for the show. The term 5-0 eventually became Drug-Thug slang for Police, but I don't recall that happening until the 1980s.
2016-03-24 05:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the TV show Hawaii 5-0
2006-11-06 13:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There used to be a TV show Hawaii 5 0
2006-11-06 13:10:27 · answer #6 · answered by jaws65 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there use to be a tv program that was about the hawaii police and it was called hawaii 5.0 that is why its called 5-0 now
2006-11-06 13:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by roy40372 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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In some slang vernacular, the police are known as 5-0. I used to know why this was, but forgot. Anyone care to help me remember the answer to this question...? Thanks.
2015-08-18 16:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Jobi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the old Hawaii 5-0 tv series
2006-11-06 13:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because of the American police telly series Hawaii 5-0
2006-11-06 13:10:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋