Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used especially to express irritation, dismay, sorrow, or self-pity.
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- interjection An
exclamation typicallyexpressing mild frustration or expressingfeelings ofuncertainty orconcern .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The magazine recently raised a collective "oy" -- and stirred outrage -- when it published a photograph of Roseanne Barr standing at an oven, dressed as Hitler, holding a tray of burnt-Jew cookies.
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Along with the joy, wedding planning brings up the "oy" -- discomfort, fear, worries, imbalance, and a tad of insanity.
Wedlok - Wedding News from Las Vegas, New York and Around the World 2009
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Not that it matters much, but I foresee a 4AM bedtime for me again ... oy.
Tweets For Today tragic_elegance 2009
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And, if you make it the soup the night before, then heat it up and - then - make the shiksa balls and cook them in the soup – oy, that is to die for.
Tigers & Strawberries » I Bet You Didn’t Know That Shiksas Had Balls…. 2005
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Lesson Three: yIn DayajmeH 'oy' yISIQ To understand life, endure pain.
Boing Boing 2007
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It has the unpleasant "oy" sound that many dislike.
"What Britney's Crotch Did To My Stats." Ann Althouse 2006
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Edward, Edward, I'm not even going to send an "oy" in your direction.
PW Best Books of the Year List fusenumber8 2006
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The group that put the 'oy' in boy band is being reborn.
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Puffy eyes and fingers and toes ... this is what I get for cleaning up and surviving (still) primarily on soda and the chips (quadruple "oy") because I had no time to cook.
hemopoetic Diary Entry hemopoetic 2002
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I think the words that immediately come to mind are "oy" and "gevalt."
PowerPop 2010
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