This phrase originated in the 1920's. Fair grounds would give cigars away as prizes. Prizes were more aimed at the adults then vs. children like they are now. The fair workers would shout out "close but no cigar".... The first written documentation of this word appeared in the 1930's and then became a common phrase.
You finish second in a race A friend asks how you did
You tell them "I finished in second place, close but no cigar"
Foondyke is an angry militant lesbian , who sometimes lies to get one up on her the heterosexual coworkers, then cowering behind the gay minority clauses.
Jessica justtagged Carl on a sexual harassment charge, just cause he is up for the same promotion. What a Foondyke!