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    [Noun]  | "fif*ty" | \ ˈfif-tē \


    1: a number equal to five times 10

    2: the numbers 50 to 59; specifically : the years 50 to 59 in a lifetime or century

    3: a 50-dollar bill


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from fifty, adjective, from Old English fīftig, from fīftig, noun, group of 50, from fīf five + -tig group of ten; akin to tīen ten;

    [Adjective]  | "fif*ty-fif*ty" | \ ˌfif-tē-ˈfif-tē \


    1: shared, assumed, or borne equally

    2: half favorable and half unfavorable


    Origin: 1913 ;

    [Noun]  | "fifty" 


    1: as in one, hundred;


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     [ "fifty" ]

    1: Underground surrogate word for "okay". Stems from the 20s and 30s as a positive term for law enforcement agencies cracking down on organized crime and alcohol.

      * e.g.,  ... "Is that all fifty?" -OR- "Are you fifty?" -OR- "She's fifty." 

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    1: Fifty caliber.. a round of ammunition the bullet of which is a half inch (17mm) in diameter.

      * e.g.,  ... The Huey door gunner grinned and opened up on the Viet geurillas with his fifty. 


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    2: A common .50 cal round is the .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun), the round which is (unsurprisingly) designed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun.


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    3: The BMG itself is the large belt-fed machine gun known as a Ma Deuce. It was invented at the time of WWII but has remained in manufacture to this day because it is a very sound and effective design which it would be kinda hard to really improve on.


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    4: Now however there are a lot of other guns, including shoulder-fired rifles and even a single-shot pistol, firing the BMG round.


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    5: Fifty can also refer to the weapon used to fire .50 caliber ammuntion.

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: another name for mersh... or the weed one step above shwag... give you a shitty hi that only good if your just doing it to get stoned.

      * e.g.,  ... Colman and I bought that fifty at wallgreens from our usual. 

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: the cops

      * e.g.,  ... holy shit, stash it, theres the fifty 

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: Fifty dollars worth of marijuana. (usually somewhere from 2 to 5 grams depending on the quality and dealer)

      * e.g.,  ... we went and bought a fifty and that sh*t lasted forever 

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    1: Fifty is the cops. It comes from five O, which is from the tv show Hawaii Five O. So, five O makes fifty.

      * e.g.,  ... Fifty nigga, bounce. 

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: short for fifty cent

      * e.g.,  ... fifty's new song is the shit man 

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: In Cork, Ireland means your date not showing up.

      * e.g.,  ... She never came. I got a fifty. 

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: fifty

      * e.g.,  ... he owe me fifty dollars. 


     [ "fifty" ]

    2: 50

     [ "fifty" ]

    1: Being sexually excited by a minor event. Pertaining to 'fifty degrees', the angle of an erection.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh my lord, they have 24 on DVD?!" 

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