oi

c-ckney slang for “hey”. also a british style of music, named so after the band c-ckney rejects who first used it in their lyrics, although sham 69 was the first oi! band. (not correct without an exclamation mark!)
oi! ya bl–dy w-nker!
the british version of “hey!”
“hey, meatbeater!” (us english)
“oi, w-nker!” (uk english)
english slang for “hey”
also a type of music that attracts mostly street punks and skinheads
hey did you here that new oi band called the c-ckney rejects?
(kids walks by another kid)kid 1:oi kid 2: oi
a sub-genre of punk rock catered to skinheads, also taking influence from ska and two-tone. deriving from the greek word “polloi”, which means “working people”. it is also used in british and austrailian slang.
1. do you listen to oi?
2. oi mate, how you doing
3. oi! oi! oi!

oi bands: c-cksparrer, the templars, the press, sham 69, blitz, c-ckney rejects, argy bargy, thw bruisers, the partisans, kl-sse kriminale, last resort, the business, etc.
1. a word used by english ppl like myself when trying to attract the attention of someone. 2. also can be used in a different way, if some one was to b-mp into you in the street, you’d turn around and say “oi!”

it doesnt really mean h-llo tho.
“oi, are you listening to me?”
to attract attention synonym: hey
oi f-ck face, you wanna my teeth round your neck?
oi! is the c-ckney for “hey” that later, in the middle 80’s, became the name of the music performed by street punk bands like c-ckney rejects, in fact the name of the movement and music came from their song oi!oi!oi!
cos we’re running on the backstreets
oi!oi!oi!
with our martins on our feet
oi!oi!oi!

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