oi
Cockney attention grabber
Oi is used mainly in British English as a direct and sometimes rude way of getting someone’s attention.
punk
Close-cropped subculture member
- working-classManual laborers as group
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- bracesDental alignment devices
- subcultureGroup with alternative norms
aggro · anthems · chanting · terraces · hardcore · rebellion · mohawk · Doc Martens
skinhead
Close-cropped subculture member
- working-classManual laborers as group
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- bracesDental alignment devices
subculture · aggro · anthems · chanting · terraces · hardcore · rebellion · mohawk · Doc Martens · pogo
hey
Informal greeting or summons
exclamation · hail · greeting · yell · holler · summons · alert · British · Australian · cockney
oy
Yiddish sigh of dismay
- exclamationForceful sudden utterance
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
Jewish · lament · woe · sigh · complaint · kvetch · Yiddish · shtetl · bubbe · despair
politeness of address
Apology for minor intrusion
pardon me · sir · I beg your pardon · madam · if I may
- oil changeReplacing engine lubricant
- baby oilMild infant skincare liquid
- olive oilFruit-pressed culinary fat
- motor oilPetroleum for machinery
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- oil and waterProverbial unmixable substances