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Kaput vs Kerflooey - What's the difference?

kaput | kerflooey |

As adjectives the difference between kaput and kerflooey

is that kaput is out of order; not working; broken while kerflooey is kaput.

kaput

English

Alternative forms

* kaputt

Adjective

(-)
  • (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.
    • My car is kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage is kaput.
  • * 1998 , Saving Private Ryan
    • German propaganda loudspeaker:'' (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT'''.
    ''Captain Miller:'' "The Statue of Liberty is '     kaput " – huh, that's disconcerting.

    kerflooey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kerflewie * kerflewy * kaflewy

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (US) kaput
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 8, author=David Segal, title=What’s Your New Plan B?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Until our economy went kerflooey , it was a whimsical reverie about the life that you could swap for the one that you were leading. }}