Definitions
Wiktionary
- interj. oh dear
Etymologies
- Yiddish אוי וויי (oy vey), literally, “oh woe”. Compare German oh weh, ach weh, au weh. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘oy vey’.
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Yiddishkeit
There are a few short lists of Yiddish words, but none appropriate to the glory of the language, and none that are open. Thought I'd start one, and would love contributions. I'm tagging as I go, an...
schmuck, nosh, chutzpah, shtick, kvetch, oy vey, oy gevalt, shvitz, shtik, shiksa, putz, mensch and 94 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Tickles my humerus
I find these to be inherently funny.
cow tipping, bumblebee, homoscedasticity, seattle, wagga wagga, booby, pants, guacamole, poodle, fanny pack, nincompoop, svenborgia and 161 more...
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from the Yiddish
schlep, kvetch, shiksha, dreck, goyim, tuccus, potch, boychik, putz, schmuck, chutzpah, golem and 19 more...
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Yiddishisms
kvech, putz, oy, oy vey, shlemiel, shlemazel, mazel, yuntif, kepple, fleegul, pupik, shlep and 31 more...
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my repertoire
swank, ace, natch, egad, deuce, tarnation, props, groovy, foo, meep, aye, cor blimey and 2 more...
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Yiddish
chutzpah, kvetch, mensch, nosh, oy vey, putz, schmuck, shiksa, tchotchke, schlep, shtik, gornisht and 6 more...
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favs
oy vey, pugnacious, uncanny, daft, tosser, loo, arse, bloody, demented, rubbish, spiffy, unrealizable and 16 more...
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D'oh!
L I L B...Interjections!
zounds, egad, holy mackeral, yikes, gack, dingbustercaindec..., eek, shazam, gadzooks, blimey, odsbodkins, arrrrrrrgh and 73 more...
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bayoyong's Words
for cryin' out loud, emergent, hoochie momma, ay carumba, holy moly, badonkadonk, bff, oy vey, pugnacious, hasenfeffer
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yiddish
oy vey, schmuck, putz, meshuganah, kvetch, chutzpah, shiksa, mensch, shvitz
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