blooey
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈbluːi/
- Slang
:
explosión
- When the old factory equipment malfunctioned, it went blooey and caused extensive damage.
- go blooey
Examples
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This computer's getting all frigging blooey on me.
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So when that bomb went KA-BLOOEY and the electromagnetic pulse turned all the ones and zeros into plain ol' zeros, everyone's like "no way."
Fiction book (2000) -
After the power surge, the entire system went blooey and stopped working.
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The car's engine went blooey just miles from our destination.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
849
3.0
Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
139
5.6
A complete failure, for example a show or plan that no one likes
95
5.8
A sudden total failure that causes serious damage to a system
79
4.4
A failure in a system or relationship that stops it working properly
75
8.5
A sudden complete failure that causes public embarrassment or big loss
3
6.3
Complete destruction that leaves nothing left
A joking way to say a sudden violent failure of a rocket or satellite, often an explosion
A sudden violent break of a machine or structure that makes it fall apart
An unexpected failure of a machine that stops it working
Antonyms
How Severe
144
7.0
- Slang
1
9.9
79
4.4
96
4.5
∞
1.2
69
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
As a noun, blooey likely grew from blow meaning a sudden hit or 'blast' and came to mean a sudden explosion or breakdown. That's why calling something a blooey means it has failed or been destroyed at once.