different between fluey vs bluey

English

Etymology 1

flue +? -y

Adjective

fluey (comparative more fluey, superlative most fluey)

1. downy; fluffy

Etymology 2

flu +? -y

Adjective

fluey (comparative more fluey, superlative most fluey)

1. As if suffering from influenza.

   I felt fluey this morning: all bunged up, achey, dizzy and tired.

English

Etymology

From blue +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blu?.i/
• Rhymes: -u?i

Adjective

bluey (comparative more bluey, superlative most bluey)

1. Having a colour similar to blue.

Synonyms

• blueish

Noun

bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)

1. (slang) The metal lead.
2. (Australian slang) A bushman's blanket.
   • 1896, Henry Lawson, In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses

     Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […]

3. (Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 318:

     ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.

4. (Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.
5. (Australian slang) A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label.
6. (Australia) A bluebottle.
7. (Australia, medicine) A disposable underpad.
8. (informal) A blue film.
9. (Australian slang) A terminology from WW1 for a person with red hair.