Kerflooey

//kə(ɹ)ˈfluː.i// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    kaput US, not-comparable, slang

    "Until our economy went kerflooey, it was a whimsical reverie about the life that you could swap for the one that you were leading."

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"Until our economy went kerflooey, it was a whimsical reverie about the life that you could swap for the one that you were leading."

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