blooey

Examples

• All

• The project went blooey after the budget cuts.

• When the balloon hit the sharp branch, it went blooey and disappeared in an instant.

• The computer made a strange noise and then went blooey during the thunderstorm.

• Everything was fine until it went blooey.

• When the gas tank exploded, the car went blooey and left nothing behind.

• After the equipment malfunctioned in the lab, the entire experiment went blooey.

• The old building crumbled and went blooey in a matter of seconds during the explosion.

Synonyms

G

to go up in smoke

vsblooey

• Informal

18 5.5

Plans or hopes suddenly fail and disappear for good

is more about sudden violent destruction rather than mere failure

I

in a puff of smoke

vsblooey

• Informal

2 8.4

Suddenly disappears without a clear reason

is more forceful and destructive rather than merely mysterious disappearance

W

with a poof

vsblooey

• Informal

1 8.9

Suddenly and completely as if by magic

is more violent and explosive rather than whimsical or magical

C

crashingly

vsblooey

1 7.4

Very suddenly in a way that ends in complete failure

is more explosive and violently destructive than mere collapse

How Complete

completely

∞ 1.0

blooey

• Slang

1 9.9

severely

222 4.1

badly

460 1.0

partially

194 2.4

Surface Forms

Etymology