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Close but no cigar 

When you come close to something but don't quite get there.

Just short of success

This phrase originated in the 1920's. Fair grounds would give cigars away as prizes. Prizes were more aimed at the adults then vs. children like they are now. The fair workers would shout out "close but no cigar".... The first written documentation of this word appeared in the 1930's and then became a common phrase.
You finish second in a race
A friend asks how you did
You tell them "I finished in second place, close but no cigar"
Close but no cigar by BBJ24 June 6, 2015
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Carbondale Cougar 

A 30+ year old female of the Carbondale Area noted for overly tanned skin, whose recently crumbled long-term relationship has caused extreme whorish behavior, including banging their employees, getting people they have banged jobs with them, and generally acting like a typical bar fly slut. They also have an insatiable craving for Carbondale Clam Chowder.
Watercooler discussion at work:

Dude 1: "Yo, did you see how slutty Sally's dressed today?"
Dude 2: "Yeah, I mean, what the fuck is her deal anymore? She totally went fuck-crazy after she got power-dumped by that crack dealer she was shacked up with."
Dude 1: "Oh hell yeah. I'm gonna take her out for a drink after work. I'm gonna give that Carbondale Cougar the old Scranton Snowplow."
Carbondale Cougar by Ass Reaper January 9, 2009
Related Words

Human Cigarette Butt 

Person who smells like a wet ash tray, has brown stained teeth and a raspy smoker's voice.
Lynn has not been able to get a job because she looks like a human cigarette butt.

going out for cigarettes

A popular euphemism for a parent (usually the Dad) walking out and abandoning their kids/family, where the abandonment takes place under the cover of a harmless, non-suspicious errand like going to get cigarettes.
Last time I was my Dad I was 3; he told us he was going out for cigarettes and he never came back.

booger sugar cougar 

This is a mature woman aka MILF who is welcoming to men who bring drugs to her.
Mandy is a booger sugar cougar who loves men with coke!

Cigarette Abuse 

When a person is smoking a cigarette and then leaves it on the edge of a table or in an ash try while it burns down to the filter.
"Chase you left your cigarette burning on the table! Come on man thats Cigarette Abuse." Smoking, Cigarettes, Smoke, Cigs, Ash Tray
Cigarette Abuse by JCY60! December 8, 2013

Flesh Cigar 

There was an article in the New York Post that claimed Fidel Castro gave the ol' flesh cigar to 35 000 women.
Flesh Cigar by SafeHouse October 12, 2010