[murtza]

I am working on a project to define phrases in English like "close, but no cigar".

Here's the page for this phrase: http://jargonism.com/words/437

I would be interested to hear feedback from HN on what would be useful on the word page, in addition to a definition and an example?

[goshx]

That's cool. If you could add this, I always like to know the origin of the phrase.

[scott_karana]

Allegedly, according to Wiktionary:

> From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.

[murtza]

Thanks for the feedback! I'll start adding phrase origins to the site.

[nemothekid]

Why do I need to sign up and confirm a newsletter to view the site?

[murtza]

You are right. It is not a good user experience. I just took off the newsletter sign up.