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What is borderline personality?
borderline
[
bawr
-der-lahyn
]
Origin
Borderline
Personality
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bor·der·line
/
ˈbɔr
dərˌlaɪn
/
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[
bawr
-der-lahyn
]
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adjective
1.
on or near a
border
or boundary.
2.
uncertain; indeterminate; debatable:
not an alcoholic, but a borderline case.
3.
not quite meeting accepted, expected, or average standards.
4.
approaching bad taste or obscenity:
He made several borderline remarks that offended them.
noun
5.
a person suffering from
borderline personality
.
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lollapalooza
. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Origin:
1865–70;
border
+
line
1
Synonyms
3.
marginal, problematic, uncertain, doubtful.
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borderline
(ˈbɔːdəˌlaɪn)
—
n
1.
a border; dividing line; line of demarcation
2.
an indeterminate position between two conditions or qualities:
the borderline between friendship and love
—
adj
3.
on the edge of one category and verging on another:
a borderline failure in the exam
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Word Origin & History
borderline
1869, "strip of land along a frontier," from
border
+
line
. As an adj. meaning "verging on" it is attested from 1907, originally in medical jargon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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