What is Close, But No Cigar?
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Expression used when someone got so close to accomplish something... but didn't really accomplish it.
Let's say you think of a number from 1 to 100 and ask someone to guess that number... You thought of 83 but the other person says 84... And then you say "Close, but no cigar".
This expression comes from a Golf tradition... If you're playing golf with your friends and instead of working the ball into the hole with a few drives you make it in a single play... you're friends are supposed to buy you a cigar after the game...
- Guess who I took for dinner last night?
+ My sister?
- Close, but no cigar.
+ Who then?
- Your Mama.
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One that has excelled to the point of specialization at being a dork. Not neccessarily an insult, it can be a term of affection.
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A simplified definition of the genre of a piece of art, especially (but not limited to) music.
"It's electronica."
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