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oy vey

[ oi vey ]

interjection

Yiddish.
  1. (used to express distress, exasperation, upset, alarm, etc., sometimes minor):

    Just had another session with my mom, planning my wedding—oy vey, she’s taking over!



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of oy vey1

First recorded in 1910–15; from Yiddish oy vey “oh woe,” from oy oy 1( def ) + vey “wDZ”; woe ( def )
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From a makeshift Twister game set up in the hotel’s foyer, a tumbling child let out a loud “Oy vey!”

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Mari Varsányi, a member of a Jewish social justice activist group, Oy Vey Acts, said the museum may have provided too many justifications for failures to resist persecution, deportations and murder.

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“Camp Siegfried,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, in a thoughtful production directed by David Cromer, is an oy vey kind of play.

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“That’s what I call ‘Oy Vey Chutzpah,’ ” says Harris.

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“Oy vey,” he said when informed that Blake Masters in battleground state Arizona had just expressed his support.

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