In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
KABLOOIE
Etymology
ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.
Noun
kablooie (uncountable)
(colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
Usage notes
Most frequently used in the phrase to go kablooie or it went kablooie.
Source: Wiktionary
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