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Old 10-13-2005, 05:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
Charlatan
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10. Oi

Oi, or Oy is cockney now mebbe, but its Yiddish roots go way back. In Yiddish it's a general expression of existential angst. Its roots are pure Hebrew, where "Oy" means "woe"."Oy, so you think you have troubles?"
This is the funniest of that link... just think of all the racist skinheads shouting "oi"... I love irony.
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