@Crystal_Fish_Caves ...it's.a joke.
Keep in mind that a lot of us find it kind of, well, charming as we work in engineering fields and appreciate the bit of joking about the work that we do every day.
If you want to get serious and talk technically, then blew the fuck up doesn't get there either. But if we're just talking informally, this is a great way to describe it.
I think a lot of the general public realizes this, but if not, it's an engineering joke.