oy vey
interjection
ˈȯi-ˈvā 
variants or less commonly oy vay or oy veh
—used to express dismay, frustration, or grief
Mail! Oy veh, I get such mail. Such mail as I never dreamed of before the advent of the Internet.
Anne Bendheim
Anne Bendheim
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Yiddish, from oy, interjection expressing surprise or dismay + vey, interjection expressing distress or grief, going back to Middle High German wē, going back to Old High German wah, wē, going back to Germanic *wai (whence Old English wā) — more at woe entry 1
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
- radiodontist
- radioecologies
- radioecology
- radioed
- radioelement
- radioelements
- radioer
- radioest
- radiogenetics
- radiogenic
- radiogoniometer
- radiogoniometric
- radiogoniometry
- radiogram
- radiogramophones
- radiograms
- radiograph
- radiographed
- radiographer
- radiographers
- radiographic
- radiographically
- radiographies
- radiographing
- radiographs