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.
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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.
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
climbing the ladder
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A small town full of rich white kids who think they're tough, but get the shit beat out of them in Surrey, or even Tsawwassen. Everybody is related to eachother because they have sex with their cousins
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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.
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!"
"We have a broken ladder in aisle #5!"
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