'splodey

English

Etymology

'splode (a contracted form of explode) + -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊdi

Adjective

'splodey (comparative more 'splodey, superlative most 'splodey)

1. (slang, childish or humorous) Involving or reminiscent of an explosion or explosions.
   • 2010, The Official Xbox Magazine, numbers 107-110, page 40:

     Lara fired her trademark pistols while Totec brandished a rifle, and both took advantage of unlimited grenades to unleash some 'splodey fun.

   • 2011, "Acknowledgements", in Anton Strout, Dead Waters, Ace Books (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     […] my agent, Kristine Dahl, and Laura Neely, at ICM, who keep track of the kind of details that make my head all 'splodey; […]

   • 2015, Trevor Talley, The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Circuit Power!: Minecraft Redstone and the Keys to Supercharging Your Builds in Sandbox Games, Triumph Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 75:

     Common Uses: Mostly just 'splodey stuff, but particularly traps and cannons. Check out the Intermediate Builds section for how to make a real nice TNT cannon.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:'splodey.

Adverb

'splodey (comparative more 'splodey, superlative most 'splodey)

1. (slang, childish or humorous) In a manner involving or reminiscent of an explosion.
   • 2013, Michelle Witte, The Faker's Guide to the Classics: Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn’t), Globe Pequot, published 2013, →ISBN, page 71:

     Really, though, Jordan just likes making things go 'splodey—and who can blame him? Destruction is fun, especially when it involves un ¡kahoom! muy grande, like taking out the only bridge into town.

   • 2014, Grace McDermott, Mirrorfall, Wibbly Press (2014), unnumbered page:

     'Okay, it's possible I was seeing things, but this is one of those cases where I don't think so. Stuff went 'splodey, then there was two of me, then there was another you, and the other me was dead, then the other you brought me here.'

   • 2015, Trevor Talley, The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Circuit Power!: Minecraft Redstone and the Keys to Supercharging Your Builds in Sandbox Games, Triumph Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 171:

     Just try rebuilding a section of a Redstone build after even a small portion of your work has become damaged, much less after a Creeper has decided to go all splodey on it.

Anagrams

• deploys, podleys, spoyled