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oy

1
or oi

[ oi ]

interjection

  1. (used to express dismay, pain, annoyance, grief, etc.)


oy

2
or oe

[ oi ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. a grandchild.
  2. Obsolete. a nephew or niece.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oy1

Borrowed into English from Yiddish around 1890–95

Origin of oy2

1425–75; late Middle English (north and Scots ) o ( o ), oy ( e ) < Scots Gaelic ogha; see O'
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Example Sentences

I urge my Republican friends … I look forward to working with leaders of both parties … Oy.

You put the id back in Yid, Portnoy instructed, and you come to understand the “oy” in goy.

Oy Vey: On Tuesday, Mr. Kanye Kardashian revealed a song for his girlfriend, Kim.

The axis Ox is often called the real axis, and the axis Oy the imaginary axis.

O is called the origin, and x′Ox, y′Oy the axes of x and y respectively.

We might invoke the initial letters of sausage to account for part of the change, but the oy remains a mystery.

In the British Museum copy of this number an old hand has supplied the omitted letters 'oy' and we have Mr. Hoyle.

As before in 31, the rotation may be resolved into a shear-pair, in planes perpendicular to Ox and Oy.

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