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Borrowed Ladder

Derived from the movie Gattaca. Someone who comes from a lower class or disadvantaged background and through perseverance and perhaps some deception becomes a member of a higher class or a more desirable section of society.
Everyone at the office thinks Alex grew up rich like us, but he's a borrowed ladder - grew up in a trailer park.
by wholesum1 June 3, 2013
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climbing the ladder

"climb the ladder"
suicide----first used by Noriega in Panama, when American Soldiers were tapping his phone inside the church where he was hiding right after they invaded Panama to capture this ruthless Dictator. He stayed there to avoid being captured by The United States and by the Panamanians.
Noriega: I'm not going to be captured and face the death penalty. I'm going to climb the ladder.

climbing the ladder
by blthrskt December 28, 2005
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Broken Ladder

broken ladder n.:

An attractive female. Term is typically used in a public setting by a group of males who do not wish for anyone, save the group, to know that an attractive female is being pointed out.

The saying began at a major retailer in order for employees to point out attractive women in the store without notice.
"Hey Scott, you should have been out here, you just missed a broken ladder."

"We have a broken ladder in aisle #5!"
by flurbury September 18, 2007
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The Ladder

The ladder you must climb after fighting The End. The hardest boss in MGS3
I totally beat the ladder today
by bbbigbossbb December 18, 2005
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lidded

Alyssa seems like she's hiding something; she's so lidded.
by blue1312 October 16, 2018
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ladder dagger

Dance move relating to daggering, the act of climbing a ladder, jumping off and landing horizontal on top of a woman and humping (daggering) her in a short motioned, rapid manner.
I was daggering this girl and I finished off with a fantastic ladder dagger!
by JonnyRusso March 16, 2011
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Ladder Slasher

Mikol@d2jsp did 54 MQs in 1 week. This kid gave up pussy, food, water, and sun light to do what no one else could do. Then his amazing season was stolen by a lucky nerd named dpaules, who had 70 less MQs than him.
Mikol @ jsp could have the most MQ's in a season even if he started 5 months after everyone else! He is the definition of a "Ladder Slasher"
by Njaguar@jsp November 23, 2011
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