Any ridiculous or bound-to-fail attempt to either assassinate or prank a target or friend. For example: Attempting to assassinate a person using a 50 year old pistol which has barely been repaired, or trying to prank a friend with a whoopee cushion that has holes in it.
Jimmy tried pranking me yesterday, but it was just a stupid exploding cigar.

Someone had attempted to assassinate the brutal communist dictator, but unfortunately the attempt was just an exploding cigar.
by ArkySaw August 2, 2019
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