Browsing page 2 of new words for February 21, 2005

• exclamation: "hey!", "yo!".

  Oi! Stop that bleeding racket!

  Oi! Don't mess around with me!

  Oi! stop driving so fast.

  Last edited on May 03 2013. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.

adjective

• pronounced "oy" meaning hardcore to the extreme, often involving violence

  That time Steve crushed a man's head with a beer keg was oi.

  Last edited on Feb 21 2005. Submitted by Tony F. from Ann Arbor, MI, USA on Feb 21 2005.

interjection

• Oi or oy has many meanings/origins. In Britain, it's like "Hey!", usually in a negative situation when you are angrily trying to get someone's attention, or when you're indicating you're offended by something someone just said. In Yiddish, it's like a lament. "Oi, this sucks." In music, usually ska, it's a kind of chant that people do. "Oi, Oi, Oi, Oi!" I have also heard that to some people this can be considered some sort of racist remark, though I don't know to what people this supposedly refers or who supposedly uses it.

  Oi, this sucks.

  Oi! Stop!

                                                                                     
  
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  • See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).

  Last edited on Dec 06 2012. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

• obsessed fan of Japanese animation. From Japanese.

  Did you go to the otaku convention?

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Tom S. from Philadelphia, PA, USA on Apr 30 1998.

noun

• to be excessively nerdy, anti-social, unpopular comes from Japanese word meaning "house." Probably coined because of a nerd's habit of never leaving his/her house

  Brian will never have a girlfriend, he's too much of an otaku.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a nerd, geek, dork.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Tony F. from Ann Arbor, MI, USA on Feb 21 2005.

• a Japanese word used to describe a person obsessed with a certain thing. (usually used for manga or anime)

  She's a complete otaku; she's always reading manga!

  My dad is a sports otaku, he goes to every game.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a nerd, geek, dork.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Prillac on Jun 07 2010.