bloopery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From blooper +‎ -y and/or bloop +‎ -ery.

Noun[edit]

bloopery (countable and uncountable, plural blooperies)

  1. The practice or habit of committing bloopers.
    • 1960, Solidarity, volumes 3-4, page 10:
      For a while there, however, it appeared that C.E. Wilson's kennel dog remarks in pre-election 1954 had set an un-beatable high in executive bloopery.
    • 2001, Andrew Darlington, I was Elvis Presley's Bastard Love-child, page 129:
      A technique that resurfaces as late as Electric Cafe, where The Telephone Song is made up of 'phone bleeps and telecommunication bloopery.
    • 2006, Adrian Woodhouse, Angus McBean: Face-maker, page 130:
      So he and the others hastily created a set out of props and pieces already around the studio - the "bloopery" from the Three Sisters laid flat, Patricia Hilliard's plaster cloak, a chaise longue, a stone Aztec head that was to make numerous appearances in photographs over the years and a birdcage.