a variation of the more familiar, 'close, but no cigar.'
the little known phrase spawned from a conversation between a group of intellects in a small neighborhood bar on a weeknight. however, its true origin would be the confused mind of Meredith.
traditionally a phrase used by competing golfers. the new variation has yet to be clearly defined, but is assumed to be condescending.
Guy: Wait, isn't this song a Rolling Stones cover?
Girl: Um close, but no bananas Guy: ...???
The task at hand isn't going to be easy to accomplish. On super Monkey Ball 2, the difficulty of each puzzle is rated on a 1-10 Banana scale with One Banana being the easist and TenBananas being a complete pain in the ass, and damn near impossible.
Bill: My teacher wants a 40 page paper for tomorrow morning and I haven't started it yet!
banana no banana back is where if you see a yellow vehicle you hit the person in the car and scream banana no banana back so they can’t banana you back
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"