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bloopery en · NOUN

Etymology

From blooper + -y or bloop + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The practice or habit of committing bloopers.
   • So he and the others hastily created a set out of props and pieces already around the studio - the "bloopery" from the Three Sisters laid flat, Patricia Hilliard's plaster cloak, a chaise longue, a stone Aztec head that was to make numerous appearances in photographs over the years and a birdcage. 2006, Adrian Woodhouse, Angus McBean: Face-maker, page 130:
   • For a while there, however, it appeared that C.E. Wilson's kennel dog remarks in pre-election 1954 had set an un-beatable high in executive bloopery. 1960, Solidarity, volumes 3-4, page 10:
   • A technique that resurfaces as late as Electric Cafe, where The Telephone Song is made up of 'phone bleeps and telecommunication bloopery. 2001, Andrew Darlington, I was Elvis Presley's Bastard Love-child, page 129:

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