arrrooohhh
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Could someone please explain the expression "oy" to me?
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Oy! Oy gevald! (interj.)
Oh, no!; expression of dismay, pain, grief: Oy! Why did you launder the lights with the darks!
Oh, no!; expression of dismay, pain, grief: Oy! Why did you launder the lights with the darks!
Depending on circumstance---
If it's a sad matter it might be "Oyy,"
If it's the dentist not being careful, it's "OY!!!"
It's a wonderfully evocative and useful interjection of Jewish origin.
Love and laughter,
Lawrence/Maytagbear
(My first serious boyfriend-in college--was Jewish, and I've never totally recovered).
If it's a sad matter it might be "Oyy,"
If it's the dentist not being careful, it's "OY!!!"
It's a wonderfully evocative and useful interjection of Jewish origin.
Love and laughter,
Lawrence/Maytagbear
(My first serious boyfriend-in college--was Jewish, and I've never totally recovered).
Oy.......
Growing up in Miami, there was a large Jewish population. I heard "Oy vay" lots of times. It can be used as an expression of exasperation usually accompanied by a hand to the forehead, as in "Oy vay, you don't want to come see your mother this weekend?"
I prefer to use it as an exclamation as in "Oy vay, not sudslock again!"
Growing up in Miami, there was a large Jewish population. I heard "Oy vay" lots of times. It can be used as an expression of exasperation usually accompanied by a hand to the forehead, as in "Oy vay, you don't want to come see your mother this weekend?"
I prefer to use it as an exclamation as in "Oy vay, not sudslock again!"
When you are frustrated: Oy!
When you are happy: Yay!
When you are happy: Yay!
