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(thing) by Ben Smith (8.4 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:24:44

Oi music, derived from punk, with a slower beat and lyrics centered around unity. Oi is prevailent (sp?) within the skinhead culture. Band examples: Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Oi Polloi.

(thing) by tokumei (3.2 mon) (print) ? I like it! Wed Dec 13 2000 at 8:51:27

With certain nuances and under certain situations it is the Tokyo dialect (at least where I grew up in western Tokyo and eastern Kanagawa prefecture) for what can be translated as "hey, what the fuck"!

Excellent tsukkomi for when people vote your node down and you lose experience.

Repeat after me:

OI, BAKA!!!

note: in standard japanese oi just means "hey".

printable version
chaos

Oi!	skinhead	Desperate guys who 'talk' me for no apparent reason	baka
tsukkomi	Oy Vey!	oy	WARNING: Noders May Not Be What They Seem to Be
Nandeyanen	Oi Polloi	Correct me if I'm wrong, and if I am, I'll eat a bug	Unity
Chicks in Chain Mail	Sham 69	What to do with that insane amount of shaving cream you have just lying around	Understanding the female orgasm
Anal Cunt	emo	Yuppie	Osteogenesis Imperfecta
The dot in .com	Angelic Upstarts	Ciao	hoi polloi

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