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Blooey vs Blokey - What's the difference?

blooey | blokey |

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)
  • (dated, slang) Haywire, amiss.
  • * 1921 , P. G. Wodehouse, 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)
  • * 1963 , Rick Raphael, " 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, kablooie

    blokey

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Associated with the mainstream male culture, particularly blue-collar.
  • Tennis isn't a blokey sport.

    Antonyms

    * posh