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Exploder vs Explodey - What's the difference?

exploder | explodey |

As a noun exploder

is someone or something that explodes.

As an adjective explodey is

(slang) explosive; tending to explode.

exploder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that explodes.
  • One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
  • (South)
  • A device to trigger explosive detonators such as a plunger or crank operated electrical generator.
  • (military, navy) A device to trigger explosions in torpedoes.Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory''; Holmes, W. J. ''Undersea Victory
  • References

    (Webster 1913)

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    explodey

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Explosive; tending to explode.
  • * 2009 , Jen Lancaster, Pretty in Plaid , p. 127:
  • The show will be just like Woodstock, only, you know, more explodey .
  • * 2007 , Charles Stross, Halting State , p. 319:
  • The display has little explodey pink love-hearts twinkling and falling to either side of the multi-coloured numbers.
  • * 2005 , Katie Maxwell, Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Hotties? , p. 109:
  • I patted Fang's sides for his spleen, wondering just what I was going to do if I could feel it all swollen and explodey and stuff.
  • * 2004 , Kaz Cooke, Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids? , p. 151:
  • The first sleep through is often a big surprise to the parents, especially a breastfeeding mom with explodey -feeling boobs.
  • * 1907 , Eleanor Gates, Cupid, the Cow-Punch , p. 48:
  • Somehow, though, as the parson come 'long- side the post-office, most anybody wouldn't 'a' liked the way thinks looked. You could sorta smell somethin' explodey .