Fifth Amendment

The infamously-controversial and widely-abused "white lightnin' defense" article in the Bill Of Rights. it allows for leniency based on whether the offender was intoxicated (ie., if he'd consumed a "fifth") during the commission of his crime.

Ollie North pled the Fifth Amendment during the Iran-Contra scandal, but I dunno... he sure as shootin' looked sober to me!

Fifth Amendment

A phrase that is often used to describe something that was really important that can be taken away. It refers to a part of what was The United States Constitution.

"Susan remember all boys want is to take your virginity away like the fifth amendment"
"When my husband died it was like losing the fifth amendment."
"They took my son away to prison it hurt like what happened to the fifth amendment."