blooey
Americanadjective
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out of order; faulty.
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go blooey, to go totally out of commission; break down completely.
If the generator fails, the whole system will go blooey.
Etymology
Origin of blooey
Origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
"We were heading for a school dance at Cincinnati and she was boiling along like she was in orbit when blooey she just quit."
From Code Three by Raphael, Rick
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