Oi
noun
a type of punk rock featuring violent, racist lyrics, associated especially with skinheads.
Oi
1 American
[oi]
/ ɔɪ /
noun
OI
2
American
oi
1
British
/ ɔɪ /
interjection
adjective
oi
2
British
/ ˈɒiː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Oi
First recorded in 1975–80; of disputed origin
Example Sentences
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Economist Walter Oi called this the “Disneyland Dilemma.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The hardest thing was sculpting his hair. Holy shmoly! Oi yoi yoi!" he exclaims.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
The Hearth is designed to feel like "your dream home", according to its founder Oi Leng Lei.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
TIM, Oi, Claro and Telefonica Brasil referred questions to Conexis, the telecom trade association.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2022
“Can’t say as Oi find that startlen in the leest.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Most of these fall in the same trope of emphasizing those with OI as fragile china dolls, even if they don’t have the short stature and other physical attributes commonly associated with OI.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
In TLC’s furthering of awareness on OI, the series introduces Jay Manuel and Pamela Chavez by highlighting their upbeat, can-do attitude butting up against the harsh realities of society and their own medical limitations.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
OI believes it can reduce the numbers still further.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
If you meet kids with OI, they're usually sweet and funny and so much more than the sum of their disability, which is probably, the biggest lesson that Willow can give us as a character.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again in IO or OI premisses there is only one term distributed, namely, the predicate of the O proposition.
From Deductive Logic by St. George William Joseph Stock
The group, according to Burke, spontaneously began chanting an exuberant Australian cheer: “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, oi, oi!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Mr Richardson - who is from Cheshunt in Hertfordshire - can also be heard asking "oi - come on mate what are you doing" in doorbell camera footage, Mr Jackson said.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
The woman is currently in isolation oi the Female Isolation Unit.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2020
Chants of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi,” rang out several times from the crowd of nearly 1,000 following the Australians around Metropolitan on Saturday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2018
“Yurr on’y gotten biddy short legs, us moles do, oi takes it you’m gennelmice needin’ our ’elp agin.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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