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!"

that's the way the cookie crumbles by D F Stuckey May 26, 2004

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crimbles

A British slang word for Christmas.

Happy Crimbles everyone! Hope you enjoyed your Christmas holiday.

crimbles 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"

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.

crambled 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.

The Duluth Crumbly Onion by Dwight Mannly March 24, 2007

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