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blooey, a. U.S. slang.|ˈbluːɪ|
Also blooie.
[Etym. unknown.]
Awry, amiss; usu. in to go blooey. Also as int.
1920G. Ade Hand-made Fables iii. 30 The Orders stopped coming. Collections went blooey. 1926Whiteman & McBride Jazz ii. 32, I spilled the salt. It rained. At rehearsal my fiddle went blooey. 1928[see G. III. f]. 1929Collier's 5 Jan. 40/4 But in 1920 I weakened. As a result, my bank roll went blooie. 1948J. Blish in D. Knight Dark Side (1966) 40 One minute I was..all set to shoot him and get my wife out of there; and then blooey! 1961J. Updike Rabbit, Run 142 A clear image suddenly in the water wavering like a blooey television set. |