Associations to the word «Borderline»

Wiktionary

BORDERLINE, adjective. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
BORDERLINE, adjective. Showing bad taste.
BORDERLINE, adjective. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder.
BORDERLINE, noun. A boundary or accepted division; a border.
BORDERLINE, noun. An individual who has borderline personality disorder.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER, noun. (psychiatry) Exhibiting behavior that borders both neurosis and psychosis.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER, noun. (psychiatry) (modern interpretation) A disorder characterized by extreme black and white thinking and turbulent relationships.
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDERS, noun. Plural of borderline personality disorder

Dictionary definition

BORDERLINE, noun. A line that indicates a boundary.
BORDERLINE, adjective. Of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King