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Said to get someone's attention; hey. examples
An expression of surprise. examples
An informal greeting, similar to hi. examples
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(UK, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism. quotations examples
A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.
1997, David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture
Oi! is characterized by cleaner guitars and slower tempos than most punk music, and many Oi! songs feature sing-along, "soccer chant" choruses.
2012, Tiffini Travis, Perry Hardy, Skinheads: A Guide to an American Subculture
Alternative spelling of oy examples
(representing rural dialect pronunciation) I. quotations examples
Why, where be oi, and what be oi a doin’, / A sleepin’ out, just when the dews du rise?
1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer, Act II