What does oi! mean?
Oi! means Said to get someone's attention; hey..
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/ɔɪ/ · interjection
Said to get someone's attention; hey..
Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
Oi! Stop that!
Oi! This is new!
Oi! How's it going?
Such is the vocal power of water bailiffs and farmers that their ‘Ois!’ can be projected at small boys from anything up to five miles away and still induce heart-failure.
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.
Oi! is characterized by cleaner guitars and slower tempos than most punk music, and many Oi! songs feature sing-along, "soccer chant" choruses.
Why, where be oi, and what be oi a doin’, / A sleepin’ out, just when the dews du rise?
Use oi! when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oi! means Said to get someone's attention; hey..
Common synonyms include hey, yo, ahem, ahoy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
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