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that's the way the cookie crumbles

Slang term, origin unknown from the 1920's in America. Used to underline a failure of an action, or dissapointment in reaching an undesired result, with the additional meaning that the result was not an unexpected one.
A:" Well, I asked Cindy out, and she told me to swallow my head . . "
B:"Hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles!"
by D F Stuckey May 26, 2004
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crimbles

Happy Crimbles everyone! Hope you enjoyed your Christmas holiday.
by JLBuberel December 26, 2009
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The Crumbles

1. The feeling you have when everything is crumbling around you or when you have the feeling that it is.
2. Another word for depression or a sense of impending doom
Gordon: Gosh I just feel like everythings crumbling around me
Dr. Coomer: Oh dear Gordon, that sounds serious. You may have come down with a case of "The Crumbles"
by Bertrahm September 7, 2022
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crambled

Over-priced clothing that's been distressed evenly to look expensively moth-eaten. (The clothing equivalent of "bed head" acheived through styling gel.)
Paris Hilton bought that crambled shirt at Forever-Twenty-One.
by tdcunning September 22, 2005
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The Duluth Crumbly Onion

The sexual act where a man has a sex with an onion ring while his J-bo-dacious lady does a crab walk. The man, if time admits, executes a bum rub.
Eric and his lady didn't finish their onion rings so they took them home and did the Duluth Crumbly Onion.
by Dwight Mannly March 24, 2007
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that's the way the cookie crumbles

A saying or phrase meaning "That's just the way things happen".
Person 1: "I can't believe I lost all that money on a stupid bet..."

Person 2: "I'm sorry pal. I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles..."
by Chuck Ikeh May 30, 2004
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crumbed sausage

to have sex on the beach or in any type of sandy place.
Z and H were walking along the beach when Z asked H if she wanted to have his crumbed sausage.
by burnty December 10, 2006
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