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#224: kerflooey

1/19/2016

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gall dang and phooey
the whole truck went kerflooey
used car man's hooey!
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From Clunker to Old Reliable!

Driver and passengers stay high and dry.

​A clever bit of recycling! 
DEFINITION of this 3-syllable adverb:
  1. Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.

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