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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.
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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 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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Kamio Chambless

Inescapably cute. Full of energy, shiny, and beautiful. Lights up the room when she enters.
God DAMN that Kamio is hot!
by djdigit September 18, 2003
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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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That's the way the cookie crumbles.

1. (sympathetically) These things happen, even if we don't like them.

2. (sarcastically) Learn to live with it, you whiner!
1. "No fun tonight. The party's been canceled."

"That's the way the cookie crumbles."

2. "You scratched my car!"

"That's the way the cookie crumbles!"
by Downstrike May 28, 2004
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