oi en · INTJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɔɪ/ (UK)
- (UK) audio
Etymology
Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s. Compare also unrelated Portuguese oi and Japanese おい (oi).
Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, impolite, usually) Said to get someone's attention; hey.
Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
Oi! Stop that!
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(Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, impolite, usually) An expression of surprise.
Oi! This is new!
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(Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK, impolite, usually) An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Oi! How's it going?
Deriveds
Synonyms
goodness · hoi · yikes bikes · holy magnum · I never · by George · mama mia · holy ravioli · geez Louise · good golly · jumping Jesus · by gummy · I'll be a monkey's uncle · blow me over · cowabunga · fuck me · holy kamoly · holy man · holy crap · begorra · by gosh · holy guacamole · I'll be dipped · great balls of fire · gadzooks · well · my giddy aunt · get out of town · zounds · holy crap on a cracker · strewth · flipping heck · coo · by the living jingo · oh em gee · 'sheart · dearie me · omigosh · 'sdeath · leapin' lizards · Christ on a bike · blow me down · adzooks · Mother of God · shiver my timbers · bleeding heck · oh my Goddess · lawks · jeez · lordy · hot damn · 'sblood · jeezy-peezy · I'll be danged · yoohoo · holy doodle · my Lord · oh my fuck · lawks a-mercy · Gordon Bennett · whoa · good Lord · gosh all hemlock · stone the crows · my sainted aunt · great Scott · crivvens · Christ on a raft · dear me · mother of Pearl · zoinks · my · gad so · bless us · good gracious · great Caesar's ghost · fuark · blow me backwards · gaw · Jesum Crow · praise the Lord · by God · oh my Lord · cor lummy · blow me pink · fucking hell · zoiks · oh my hell · jeepers creepers · suffering succotash · cor · I'll be a dirty bird! · Jesus fuck · by juckies · blow me tight · cooee · my God · Jesus H. Christ · bless my soul · I'll be dashed · cor blimey · byrlady · golly · golly gee willikers · sakes alive · hooly dooly · Christ alive · Jiminy Cricket · oh · heyday · Christ on a stick · Jaysus · shut the front door · sheesh · oh my · jumping Jehoshaphat · bleeding Nora · Christ almighty · please · God's teeth · by Jove · ermahgerd · hello · holy crickets · son of a gun · holy dignity · great Caesar · oi · ruddy hell · oh my God · oh my word · dear God · blige · by jingo · shart · fucking Nora · I'll be hornswoggled · googly-moogly · by Allah · Jupiter · my gosh · holy smoke · whoah · I'll be damned · shitting Nora · holy fuck knuckles · goodness me · flipping Nora · I'll be hanged · slap my ass and call me Judy · sweet mother of God · wowee · holy Moses · knock me over with a feather · zound · jinkies · my heavens · sweet mother of Jesus · holy moley · Lord be praised · ods bodikin · shit fire and save matches · imagine that · jeepers · shut my mouth · by golly · Jerusalem crickets · holy fuck · my my · holy mackerel · oh my days · yikes · Jesus Murphy · gramercy · holy buckets · bloody hell · strike me pink · oh my gosh · gadsbud · dear Lord · gee · chihuahua · snakes alive · what do you know · good heavens · holy crud · Lord love a duck · blow me · hallo · ahoy · chuffing hell · good gravy · I'll be blowed · Lord · I'll be darned · golly gosh · by Jupiter · glory be · sweet Mary · I'll be · odzookens · holy fudge · Jesus · goodness gracious me · omigod · heavens to Murgatroyd · gee whiz · 'struth · O gemini · egads · lauks · peas and rice · heavens above · ohmigod · what · diggety · God in heaven · sacré bleu · bless my heart · heyo · gee willikers · holy hell · I'll be buggered · sweet Grandma on stilts · gyatt · suffering Moses · holy cannoli · Gadsbodikins · oh my stars · land sakes · sweet Jesus · great googly moogly · yowzah · Jeebus · Christ on a cracker · holy kamoley · blow me up · oi oi · geeminy · holy Hannah · Holy Mother of God · zowie · by cracky · gosh · mirabile dictu · rah · egad · my sainted uncle · whoa · you don't say · ahem · yo · I'll be jiggered · suffering centipedes · OMG · jeez Louise · fancy that · oh my heck · holy moly · flaming Nora · jings · my conscience · oh my goodness gracious · I'm blowed · knock me down with a feather · yo · stone me · mamma mia · holy macaroni · goodness gracious · hey · by thunder · ay · good God · criminy · I say · oh my life · I'll be bound · hey · sodding hell · oh my goodness · I'll be dipped in shit · yo · mercy sakes · geez · odsfish · wow · holy cow · holy cricket · holy Toledo · deary me · suffering Sappho · God Almighty · no way · waow · hey · gorblimey · I'll be shot · Holy Mother · holy stromboli · blow my buttons · wotcher · crikey · blimey · ruddy Nora · by gum · my word · gracious · good grief · man alive · wowzers · caramba · Mary and Joseph · I'll be a son of a bitch · Judas Priest · heavens · hell's bells · by all that is holy · butter my butt and call me a biscuit · geshmak · heavens to Betsy · my goodness · ye gods · Janey Mack · Christ · eep · zooterkins · Christ on a crutch · ZOMFG · holy shit · oi · blimey · cripes · ZOMG · slap my ass and call me Sally · Jesus Christ · I'll be a son of a gun · hold up · bloody Nora · jeezy peeps · lawl