blooey

American  

[bloo-ee] / ˈblu i /

Or blooie

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.

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Etymology

Origin of blooey

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 • Jun. 26, 2025

Facebook isn’t the first dot-com to see its IPO go blooey.

From Time • May 24, 2012

Beethoven had his 65-minute Ninth Symphony, Bach his two-hour B Minor Mass. But for Soviet Composer Aram Khachaturian, a three-minute piece of tuneless orchestral blooey has been enough to establish a worldwide reputation.

From Time Magazine Archive

But then it all goes blooey with an endless, irrelevant car chase and -- shades of Snidely Whiplash! -- a showdown in a sawmill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mother says, if you eat meat, your blood-pressure goes all blooey.

From Indiscretions of Archie by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)