Lemon
Lemon noun - Something that has failed.
Usage example: the used car he bought turned out to be a lemon, and he soon had trouble starting the thing
Nearby Word: lemony
Smash
Smash noun - A person or thing that is successful.
Usage example: the new Broadway musical is a smash
Both words in one sentence
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Imagine Spot: When Malcolm works as a waiter on a train and a white sailor taunts him racially, Malcolm is seen to smash a lemon meringue pie into the guy's face.
Source: Film / Malcolm X
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