oik
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of oik
First recorded in 1920–25; of obscure origin
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Rotter comes from the same vintage as insults such as cad, bounder, oik and counter-jumper.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2013
He also spent two years working in coalmines; from being a bit of an oik when he started school, he was now the posh lad down the mines.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013
After Cameron unleashed a couple of rasping cover drives, some cheeky oik had the audacity to remove the PM's off stump.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
Daily Telegraph blogger James Delingpole argues it's a harmless updating of "oik".
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2011
Samples: swine, tick, cad, oik, lout, drip, squirt, scug, goof.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it could be considered a cryptolect: a secretive exclusive language, designed to exclude, in this case, oiks.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2016
In other words, what could possibly link 1980s suburban oiks in Fred Perry shirts to sharply dressed 1960s existentialists?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2013
"I wonder if Paul Walsh has got to the ground yet and ejected the oiks I can see sitting in his seat?" says Simon Brereton.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2012
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