A "golden tate" is an unexpected, undeserved victory or reward one receives after they have already resigned themselves to defeat.
Although Marvin's job interview went horribly wrong, he was granted a golden tate, getting the job after the three other better-qualified candidates were indicted in a corruption scandal.
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"