oy.

interj.  an expression of validation.

<“Oy,” June says.  “I knew that somewhere in this country there had to be a woman who still uses the term ‘little girls’ room.’”  —Richard Russo, Straight Man: A Novel.>

interj.  hey.

<He looked a bit startled at first, like he was thinking, “Oy what are you looking at, mate?”  —Louise Rennison, Away Laughing on a Fast Camel: Even More Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.>

interj.  oops.

<I’m sure they pad their orders for those last-minute, oy-I-forgot-to-order-a-turkey shoppers.  —Diane Morgan, The Thanksgiving Table: Recipes and Ideas to Create Your Own Holiday Tradition.>

Oy.

n.  a populated place in the Bohol region of the Philippines.

oy oy oy.

interj.  the shouts of baseball fans in the bleachers, as in “Cohen at the Bat,” a parody of “Casey at the Bat,” discussed in Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sports and the American Jewish Experience by Peter Levine.

oy-oy-oy.

interj.  a cry of panic.

<“Oy-oy-oy,” cried Yossel’s mother, “my little son is possessed by a dybbuk.”  —Yaacov Peterseil, Jewish Sci-Fi Stories for Kids.>

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