kerflooey

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kerflooey (not comparable)

  1. (US, slang) kaput
    • 2009 February 8, David Segal, “What’s Your New Plan B?”, in New York Times:
      Until our economy went kerflooey, it was a whimsical reverie about the life that you could swap for the one that you were leading.