borrowed time

If you survive some situation where you would have otherwise did were it not for some miracle of God then your entire life after that point is said to be borrowed time.

A man walks across a street without looking both ways when he accidently steps on a bottle, that happened to be rolling by, and falls straight down. Exactly half a speeding truck passes in front of him, only missing by inches. This man is living on borrowed time because if it hadn't been for the bottle rolling by at that exact moment he would have been smashed like a caterpillar eating your grandmas favorite rose bush.

by a dude who has hair September 27, 2004

Borrowed Ladder

Taken from the movie "Gattaca". The term is associated with a detested segment of society; one of those who refuses to play the hand that he was dealt. Most commonly known as a borrowed ladder, or a de-gene-erate.

We have a borrowed ladder who has infiltrated Gattaca and has been mascarading as one of it employees.

by T-DawG November 23, 2004

borrow

To take from another with or without permission.

"Can I borrow your wallet?"

by Emily Kimble May 4, 2006

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

joel borrow

A sound and lighting boy

"Wow. That is Joel borrow, what a sound and lighting boy!"

by Dinojimmy68 May 30, 2017

Borrowdale Warrior

A kid who has gone through extensive Combat training in borrowdale, he will eventually become an elite which is abou 5 inches in length

wheelchair child

by Anonymous November 5, 2003

Bortor

A word that has existed for centuries but has never been given a proper definition. Very hard to explain, but Bortor signifies a feeling that feels very strange. In other words, it just feels weird.

Man that felt just like bortor.

by Creatorr March 1, 2015