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blooey
adjective
USinformaluk /ˈbluː.i/ us /ˈbluː.i/
go blooey
to fail or stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable:
The whole neighbourhood was in darkness because the electrical grid went blooey.
Anyone who works in an office knows what it's like when your computer suddenly goes blooey.
Synonym
haywire
It seemed that the entire country's transportation, communication and utility systems had gone blooey.
What if the car goes blooey on the way to the wedding?
It's always good to have a backup plan in case everything goes blooey.
It was the hottest day of the year and the air conditioner went blooey.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Machines - not functioning
act up
balky
break down
broken
brokenness
brownout
cut something out
downtime
fail
flat
malfunction
outage
seize
seize up
short circuit
shot
shudder
shut
shut (something) down
whack
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