flooey

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1. datedslangDrunk.

   Synonyms: drunk

2. slangCrazy, chaotic, awry.

   Everything I've tried since pa died has gone flooey.

   1935, John Milton Oskison, Brothers three

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   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

   Synonyms: insane, disorderly