Dictionary

flooey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfluː.i/

Meanings

1. (dated, slang) Drunk.
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:
   • "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:

Forms

Relateds

kerflooey

Synonyms

insane (crazy) · drunk (drunk) · askew · disorderly (awry)