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borrowed light

If you are in a room with no windows or other direct sources of light, and if light enters from an adjoining lighted room, the indirect illumination is borrowed light.
We worked in the library and had only the borrowed light from the adjacent room to work with that night.
by Luddz July 12, 2015
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borrowed time

Generally used by old people of themselves. They're living longer than they're "supposed to", hence they're living on borrowed time.
My 90th birthday is approaching. I feel like I'm living on borrowed time.
by DeadByDawn September 30, 2004
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borrowed happiness

temporary happiness that you get from drugs or drinking.
i just drank a bottle of liquor so i can get borrowed happiness
by Bozaay November 8, 2021
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borrowed time

Mortgaged your home to buy a Rolex.

Seriously, it means to live beyond your life expectancy.
Some of my hard drives used to be in 486es, so they're living on borrowed time.
by Downstrike November 3, 2006
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borrowed time

The name of a truly awful garage band experiment gone bad inspired by a wanna be artist.
That Stiff Ptr let somebody think that he actually has talent, so he decided to start a crappy band called borrowed time.
by Arnold B. Wally March 17, 2008
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borrowed pair

Someone exhibiting an unprecedented (perhaps irrational) level of ballsy often seeming is if the exhibitor borrowed someone else's testicular pair to summon the ability to exert said level of ballsy.
Borrowed Pair-I can't imagine Mike tried to have the boss get fired. I wonder who's pair he borrowed to try doing that? Borrowed Pair
by Qban May 15, 2006
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borrowed humor

When a person, or people, take a concept from a popular TV show - usually a catchphrase - and try and make it funny in every day life. Effectively borrowing the line to try and create humor.
Guy, who is not Dane Cook, walks into a party and yells "Wait a second?! Who shit on the coats!"

This is an example of borrowed humor. Expectations were not confounded, thence humor did not arise from it.
by James Frost June 8, 2011
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