flooey
adj/ˈfluː.i/
2
Slang Crazy, chaotic, awry.
- Everything I've tried since pa died has gone flooey.1935, John Milton Oskison, Brothers three:
- 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 […]2000, James Clifton Cobb, The second gun:
1 more example
- "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."2013, Jonathan Maberry, Extinction Machine, Macmillan (St Martin's Griffin), page 139:
- Synonyms
- drunk, insane, disorderly, askew
- Related terms
- kerflooey