blooey

[bloo-ee] /ˈblu i/
adjective, Slang.
1.
out of order; faulty.
2.
go blooey, to go totally out of commission; break down completely:
If the generator fails, the whole system will go blooey.
Also, blooie.
Origin
origin uncertain
Word Origin and History for go blooey

blooey

n.

"ruin, smash," 1915, U.S. slang, probably imitative.

Slang definitions & phrases for go blooey

go blooey

verb phrase

(Variations: flooey or kablooey or kerflooey or kerflooie or kerfooey may replace blooey) To end abruptly in failure or disaster; break down; collapse; Go Down the Tube: Will I make it without the air conditioner in the car going kablooey/ Then, of course, the whole thing all goes flooey

[1920+; echoic imitation of an explosion]


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