Blooey vs Blokey - What's the difference?
blooey | blokey |
(dated, slang) Haywire, amiss.
* 1921 , P. G. Wodehouse,
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* 1963 , Rick Raphael, "
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Associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar.
As adjectives the difference between blooey and blokey
is that blooey is (dated|slang) haywire, amiss while blokey is associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar.As an interjection blooey
is .blooey
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Indiscretions of Archie, George H. Doran Company (1921), Chapter XXI:
- Mother says vegetables contain all the proteins you want. Mother says, if you eat meat, your blood-pressure goes all blooey . Do you think it does?"
Interjection
(en interjection)Code Three", Analog Science Fiction and Fact , February 1963:
- "We were heading for a school dance at Cincinnati and she was boiling along like she was in orbit when blooey she just quit."
Synonyms
* bam, bang, kablooieblokey
English
Adjective
(head)- Tennis isn't a blokey sport.