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

He hadn't heard all that had passed between the judge and Hogan, but he had caught enough to perceive that the whole case had gone blooey.

From By Advice of Counsel by Train, Arthur Cheney