Blooey vs Flooey - What's the difference?
blooey | flooey |
(dated, slang) Haywire, amiss.
* 1921 , P. G. Wodehouse,
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* 1963 , Rick Raphael, "
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(slang, dated) Drunk.
(slang) Crazy, chaotic, awry.
* 1935 , John Milton Oskison, Brothers three
* 2000 , James Clifton Cobb, The second gun
As adjectives the difference between blooey and flooey
is that blooey is haywire, amiss while flooey is drunk.As an interjection blooey
is Exclamation representing an explosion or abrupt occurrence.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, kablooieflooey
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Everything I've tried since pa died has gone flooey .
- Well, sir, about a second after Jake nodded his head, the place went flooey . Everybody started whoopin' and placin' bets and yelling out drink orders...