flooey

English

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfluː.i/
  • Rhymes: -uːi

Adjective

flooey (comparative more flooey, superlative most flooey)

  1. (slang, dated) Drunk.
  2. (slang) Crazy, chaotic, awry.
    • 1935, John Milton Oskison, Brothers three:
      Everything I've tried since pa died has gone flooey.
    • 2000, James Clifton Cobb, The second gun:
      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 […]
    • 2013, Jonathan Maberry, Extinction Machine‎, Macmillan (St Martin's Griffin), page 139:
      "Of course. No matter how many times we run the math, there's still a chance this could all go flooey."
      "‘Flooey’?"
      "Flooey," agreed Mr. Bones. "There might be something we haven't thought of, some X-factor that makes it all go wrong."

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