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- adjective dated, slang
Haywire ,amiss . - interjection Exclamation representing an
explosion orabrupt occurrence .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was close, thinking that it would open and the Doctor would come out of it, meeting himself and causing some sort of space time ka-blooey thingamagig. damn, my technobabble is so good I could write for the show
'Doctor Who' recap: Thinking outside the (pandorica) box | EW.com 2010
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This was the syndrome throughout the Holy City, where the dialectic between science and belief, truth and faith, went blooey.
The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010
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Well, Boris, looks like the taillights went blooey, said another man.
Dog on It Spencer Quinn 2009
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Well, Boris, looks like the taillights went blooey, said another man.
Dog on It Spencer Quinn 2009
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And when I see how many people are being sucked into gold investments from all those cheesy radio and TV ads (with their overt or sometimes explicit survivalist overtones), I see another bubble being blown that at some sad point will go blooey.
Fox Business News, Where Green Arrows Turn Brown Eyes Blue: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009
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September 25, 2009 at 1:46 pm duh wun mus bee piken up da blooey tinte frum da rugg mehbe?
Yur effurts to wash Mr. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Well, Boris, looks like the taillights went blooey, said another man.
Dog on It Spencer Quinn 2009
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OTOH, while growth stagnated after 1986, in fact it was not noticeably negative until things really went blooey after 1989.
Stuck on 1968, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now even the initiative has gone blooey and all that's left is the faith, which is indistinguishable from wishful thinking.
Ellis Weiner: The Fraudacity of Hope: Bush's Faith-Based Triumph 2008
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The industry (and many of the properties) went blooey after the 1986 law passed.
Fat Tax, Skinny Tax 2008
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