Taxonomy vs Blooey - What's the difference?
taxonomy | blooey |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(dated, slang) Haywire, amiss.
* 1921 , P. G. Wodehouse,
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* 1963 , Rick Raphael, "
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As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective blooey is
(dated|slang) haywire, amiss.As an interjection blooey is
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(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologyblooey
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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."