horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war

Even though you missed it by a tiny amount, you still didn't get there.

A time when there is no positive effect, or will be no positive effects, because of your actions".

With horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war, you can miss your target, or goal, but still have some positive effect.

Luke : "Are you ready to go? We have to get to the airport, NOW!"
Chris :"I'm close"
Luke : "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".

Zach : "I was so close to getting that job"
Matt : "Yeah, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".

by EdwardW266 May 2, 2011

You Can Stop Worrying About Grenades Now

The words of the German Operator Jäger as he places his Active Defense System.

Jäger: YOU CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT GRENADES NOW!!
Everyone else on defense: Holy shit calm your self Jäger.

by ItzaChaoza June 19, 2018

Ariana Grenade

Ariana Grenade is a meme, mostly on TikTok because of it's humorous mispronunciation. The original video started in 2013 from an interview with "Sophie Grace" and "Rosie" interviewing the cast of the Nickelodeon series Sam & Cat. Sophie first interviews Ariana Grande but accidentally mispronounces her last name as "Grenade". This spawned a meme on TikTok around 2022-2023 where whenever she says "grenade", the videos cut to a photo of Ariana's face photoshopped onto an actual grenade. Some videos would even have her song, "Just Keep Breathin" in the background.

"And we're interviewing Nickelodeon stars, Ariana Grenade, and Jennette McCurdy."

by Girl YASS September 23, 2025

Potato Grenade

The lord of all. The savior of our reality. Potato Grenade is all powerful. Potato Grenade is ascension. 35 34 44 11 44 34 22 42 15 33 11 14 15

Man 1: Yo bruv, have ya spread the gospel of Potato Grenade recently?
Man 2: Nah fam, I had a stroke.
Man 1: *pulls out a portcullis* THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR DISOBEDIENCE
Man 2: Ayo fam, I'm ready for death. My defiance earns me death.

by 35 34 44 11 44 34 22 42 15 33 January 20, 2021

Stun Grenade

The act of cupping one or both of your hands, and slapping a friend in the ear(s) so they temporarily cannot hear.

I gave John a stun grenade, and he could not hear for the next five minutes.

by Kvonbrown22 September 28, 2011

impact grenade

When you cum as you insert your penis into a girl

Adam” I just impact grenaded rose

by Charleroi trout January 29, 2021

Squirrel Grenade

An obfuscating line of argument intended to distract from the issue at hand by throwing out minor distractions scurrying in all directions away from the truth. Coined on Twitter by Asha Rangappa during DNI congressional testimony on September 26, 2019.

I was caught red-handed bribing a foreign official, so I quickly dropped a squirrel grenade to get congress to look into the former Vice President, his son's business dealings, and insufficient european foreign aid.

by P.N. Threnady September 26, 2019