A fork of Rural Dictionary
A form and phrase of astonishment for people of Jewish descent. Also refers to excitement of a half price off sale or any other type of discount on useless yet cheap items.Along with excitement to sales and bargains, the term "oy vey!" can also associate with a negative excitement such as an outrageously overpriced item.
Pat:Look guys there's sale at Urban Outfitters!!! Matt:Pat! Shame on you! Those prices in their are definately outrageous! Oy vey!!! Mike:Yeah Pat I'm with Matt on this one,oy vey indeed!
WOY or WOY VEY. Combination of WOW and the Yiddish word OY. To be used when something is surprising and scary/disheartening all at the same time!
Woy that movie couldnt have been any worse. Woy Vey that is a horrible accident. I have never seen anything that looked like that.
Can also be written "oy vey". A phase used to convey the feeling of being impressed/overwhelmed at an impressive thing, or at a repetitive/tedious task.
Person 1: We spent an hour on this and sorted through all of your shit... now we have to do it again! Person 2: Uy vey...