"Hey!" is the most common definition for OI on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. OI. Definition: Hey!
exclamation. In informal situations, people say or shout 'oi' to attract someone's attention, especially if they are angry.
Oi! Basic pub insult to say someone is silly or eccentric. Western Australian term given to the rest of Australia.
Meaning of oi in English
used as a not very polite way of getting someone's attention, especially when you are angry: Oi!
"Oi" has been particularly associated with working class and Cockney speech. It is effectively a local pronunciation of "hoy" (see H-dropping), an older expression. A study of the Cockney dialect in the 1950s found that whether it was being used to call attention or as a challenge depended on its tone and abruptness.
When you hear the /oy/ sound at the end of a word or syllable, use oy (boy, toy, royal). When it is at the start of or inside a word or syllable, use oi (ointment, choice, noise).
1. oh! 2. (saudação) hi!
oi - interjection
see? do you hear (me)? /you hear (me)? how's that for...?
“Oi” - highly aggressive. If you “Oi” someone, they are going to expect that there is a clear and present danger to which you are alerting them. Or you are about to batter them, with good reason. A superior might “Oi” a junior for less reason, but it's really bad management.
It's not commonly used these days. It was a popular expression in Australia from around 1900 up to around 1940. There are innumerable examples in Australian books, plays and popular magazines from that period.
Certainly if you're in the US, your mother is your “mom” – short for “mommy” and in the UK, Australia and New Zealand it's “mum” – shortened from “mummy”.
The Australian accent is non-rhotic
The Australian accent is for the most part non-rhotic. This means that the pronunciation of the /r/ sound will never occur at the end of words.
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited (genetic) bone disorder that is present at birth. It is also known as brittle bone disease. A child born with OI may have soft bones that break (fracture) easily, bones that are not formed normally, and other problems. Signs and symptoms may range from mild to severe.
Oi (Oy, Oey; also known as The, Thang Ong, Sok) is an Austroasiatic dialect cluster of Attapeu Province, southern Laos. The dominant variety is Oy proper, with 11,000 speakers who are 80% monolinguals.
Zed is widely known to be used in British English. But it's also used in almost every English-speaking country. In England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, India, Canada (usually), and New Zealand, Z is pronounced as zed. It's derived from the Greek letter zeta.
While some Australian speakers would pronounce “no” as a diphthong, starting on “oh” as in dog and ending on “oo” as in put, others begin with an unstressed “a” (the sound at the end of the word “sofa”), then move to the “oh” and then “oo”.
Sheila = Girl
Yes, that is the Australian slang for girl.
Pap(a) is also found as 'mother', mainly in Victoria. Other kinship roots (for grandparents) have been shown to have a split distribution with one root dominating in the east and one in the west for what is apparently a single proto-meaning.
It surely sounds strange to those who are familiar with American or British English, but it is a very common expression in Australia. G'day is a shortened form of 'Good Day' and it is the equivalent of 'Hello.