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Borrowing 

The act of borrowing a product (typically software), but shall return it upon a personal request of a company.
Person 1: Hey, where did you get all that software?
Person 2: I borrowed it
Person 1: From who?
Person 2: The Internet!
Person 1: Isn't that illegal?
Person 2: Nope, I'm borrowing it. They just need to ask and they can have it back.
Borrowing by iPlayAtAushwitz June 5, 2011
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Borrowing 

The act of your best friend “borrowing” your sexual partner with approved consent, sort of like ‘sloppy seconds’. The reason it could be considered “borrowing” is because you DO give the partner back to your friend. (With ‘borrowing’, there would no financials involved.)
“Hey, bro, after you’re done in there, I’m borrowing.”
Borrowing by bas-dee August 11, 2019

borrowing food 

When someone has breakfast, lunch or dinner by taking bites out of other people's food.
Are you gonna get lunch today?

No I'll just eat some of yours

Man you gotta stop borrowing food
borrowing food by Z. E. W. March 5, 2008

borrowing a pencil 

Borrowing a pencil is when you covertly ask someone if you can I have a condom, especially when asking a classmate.
BORROWING A PENCIL:

"Hey man can I borrow a pencil for tonight?"

"Yeah bro I got some in my locker."

Borrowing from Edward Teach 

Phrase originating from a person named:"Thunderlake".

It means pirating a file, video, movie, or game.

Edward Teach being the pirate known as Blackbeard.
"Oh man, did you buy that new game that was released 2 weeks ago?"
"Nah dude, i'm Borrowing from Edward Teach"

creative borrowing 

A unique derivation of borrowing that usually involves the person who takes the object not telling the person that they take it from. In other words stealing.
Edwin: Yo were'd you get that sweet bling?

Mike: I, um, creatively borrowed it from my neighbor!

Edwin: Creative borrowing? What is that?

Mike: I just stole it from rich guy next door.

Augmented-borrowing

Augmented-borrowing (Noun): The ability to use augmented reality to borrow items, tools, or services without having to directly ask the owner by using a brain interface to detect the owner's intentions
if you needed to borrow a snow shovel, you could use augmented-borrowing to access the shovel without having to ask the owner directly. The brain interface would detect the owner's intentions, and if they weren't planning on using the shovel at that time, you would be granted access to it
Augmented-borrowing by Phieyl January 16, 2023
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