blooey

Or bloo·ie

[bloo-ee]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blooey¹

Origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Here’s how one of the well-laid plans of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went blooey.

From Los Angeles Times

Liberal heads also went blooey back in 1906, when another brash, wealthy, self-promoting New York Republican president received a Nobel Peace Prize.

From Washington Post

God said, “I asked if you brought the car in because your transmission went blooey. Obviously, something’s got you down.”

From Seattle Times

Which is blooey nonsense, since political parties are private organizations that your are free to join if you want, and these voters just chose not to.

From Salon

She talked the Waldorf-Astoria into letting her house him in a luxury suite, posed for reporters with “Blooey” and a banana on the Waldorf’s plush settee, then carried him home as a pet.

From Literature