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- phrase sarcastic said as a
retort to someone sayinghey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.
Etymologies
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Likely from hay being homophonous with hey.
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