Oi vs Ol - What's the difference?
oi | ol |
Said to get someone's attention; hey.
A protest or reprimand.
An expression of surprise.
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
(UK, sometimes, capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
* 1997 , David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture
Olympic Games
office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)
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As a pronoun oi
is : (to) you (plural).As an initialism ol is
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English
Alternative forms
* oyInterjection
(en-interj)?- Oi , you with the red hat – stop doing that!
- Oi ! Stop that!
- Oi ! This is new!
- Oi ! How's it going?
Usage notes
*Coincidentally same as ; a false cognate.Synonyms
* hey, yoDerived terms
* oi oiNoun
(-)- A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.
