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Date "OI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
"OI" is a common misspelling or typo for: ion, obi, of, oil, on, or, ox, poi. |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Noun; chant. Source: Unclear. Definition: This is a style of punk, most often performed by non-racist skin-heads. It is anthemic in scope and involves the chanting of the word "Oi". Context: Most often used at concerts. Social Source: Punk. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
OI | Danish | Opportunistiske infektioner | Medicine |
OI | English | Oceanology International'86 | General, Geography |
OI | French | Osmose inverse | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: OI |
| English words defined with "OI": Oe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "OI": Flowing Philosophers ♦ Oi Polloi, Oi!. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "OI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (oh), Manx (against), Portuguese Brazilian (hello, hi), Romanian (ah, alas). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Oi Erastes tou oneirou (1974) Kim oi! (1972) Oi Egoistes (1971) Kato oi andres (1971) Oi Antres xeroun na agapoun (1971) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Cerebral toxoplasmosis, a common OI in AIDS patients, causes such symptoms as headache, confusion, lethargy, and low-grade fever. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "OI" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 99.55% of the time. "OI" is used about 445 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 99.55% | 443 | 13,068 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 445 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Oi Electric Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "OI": Oi-vey. | |
Containing "OI": fil-ox-er-oi-days. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
oi | 348 | aipruyonmk oi | 7 |
oi polloi | 74 | captain oi | 7 |
punk oi | 42 | oi to the world | 7 |
oi scout | 36 | oi tinh yeu | 6 |
oi shu | 34 | lyrics oi | 6 |
malaysian oi | 28 | lyrics oi scout | 6 |
no ka oi | 19 | aloha oi | 6 |
oi skinhead | 16 | lyrics oi world | 5 |
cellular oi | 13 | captain oi record | 5 |
mp3 oi | 12 | chat kidah oi | 5 |
malaysia oi | 12 | last oi resort | 5 |
analytical oi | 11 | arrase oi | 5 |
mush oi | 10 | blitz oi | 5 |
band oi | 9 | oi skin | 4 |
oi oi oi | 9 | nude oi shu | 4 |
in oi punk uk | 9 | oi picture shu | 4 |
music oi | 8 | d emp oi recherche | 4 |
em i oi | 8 | carry oi | 4 |
lyrics oi polloi | 8 | oi point pressure | 4 |
oi vey | 8 | oi punx | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "OI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Thai | คำอุทานแส"งความไม่พอใจ (fie). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 3, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | OxeiV oi podeV autwn ekceai aima |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Fet fundiað ...... in feohte forfaran |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Their feet are swift to shed blood: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Their feet are swift to shed blood. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Their feet are quick in running after blood; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 3, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | "Ang ilang mga tiil maabtik sa pagdalagan aron sa ilang pag-ula sa dugo sa mga tawo, |
| Croatian | noge im hitre da krv proliju, |
| Danish | "rappe ere deres Fødder til at udøse Blod; |
| Dutch | Hun voeten zijn snel om bloed te vergieten; |
| Finnish | Heidän jalkansa ovat nopeat vuodattamaan verta, |
| French | Ils ont les pieds légers pour répandre le sang; |
| German | Ihre Füße sind eilend, Blut zu vergießen; |
| Haitian Creole | Ti krik ti krak, se fè san koule. |
| Hungarian | Lábaik gyorsak a vérontásra. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Langkah mereka cepat kalau hendak menyiksa dan membunuh orang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | kakinya pantas pada menumpahkan darah orang; |
| Italian | I loro piedi corrono a versare il sangue; |
| Maori | Ko o ratou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto: |
| Norwegian | Deres føtter er snare til å utøse blod; |
| Portuguese | Os seus pés são ligeiros para derramar sangue. |
| Rumanian | au picioarele grabnice sq verse sknge; |
| Russian | оПЗЙ ЙИ 'ЩУФТЩ ОБ ТПМЙФЙЕ ЛТПЧЙ; |
| Shuar | Máataj tusa Wárik yujarin ainiawai. |
| Spanish | Sus pies son veloces para derramar sangre; |
| Swahili | Miguu yao iko mbioni kumwaga damu, |
| Swedish | Deras fötter äro snara, när det gäller att utgjuta blod. |
| Uma | "Ngasa' oa' -ra doko' mpopatehi doo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "OI": oidia, oidium, oil, oilbird, oilbirds, oilcamp, oilcamps, oilcan, oilcans, oilcloth, oilcloths, oilcup, oilcups, oiled, oiler, oilers, oilhole, oilholes, oilier, oiliest, oilily, oiliness, oilinesses, oiling, oilman, oilmen, oilpaper, oilpapers, oilproof, oils, oilseed, oilseeds, oilskin, oilskins, oilstone, oilstones, oiltight, oilway, oilways, oily, oink, oinked, oinking, oinks, oinologies, oinology, oinomel, oinomels, ointment, ointments, oiticica. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "OI": askoi, borzoi, catholicoi, cestoi, envoi, epheboi, epinaoi, exodoi, koi, kouroi, lekythoi, logoi, mesonephroi, metanephroi, mythoi, naoi, nomoi, octroi, parodoi, poi, pronephroi, renvoi, sigloi, skyphoi, teloi, tholoi, topoi, waterzooi, xystoi. (additional references) | |
Words containing "OI": abattoir, abattoirs, aboideau, aboideaus, aboideaux, aboil, aboiteau, aboiteaus, aboiteaux, acaroid, actinoid, actinoids, acyloin, acyloins, adenoid, adenoidal, adenoids, adjoin, adjoined, adjoining, adjoins, adjoint, adjoints, adrenocorticosteroid, adrenocorticosteroids, adroit, adroiter, adroitest, adroitly, adroitness, adroitnesses, aerofoil, aerofoils, agatoid, airfoil, airfoils, algoid, alkaloid, alkaloidal, alkaloids, allantoic, allantoides, allantoin, allantoins, allantois, allopolyploid, allopolyploidies, allopolyploids, allopolyploidy, allotetraploid, allotetraploidies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o" | |
+1 letter: bio, ion, koi, obi, oil, poi. | |
+2 letters: agio, bios, boil, brio, ciao, cion, coif, coil, coin, coir, coni, dido, diol, doit, fico, fido, filo, fino, foci, foil, foin, giro, icon, idol, ikon, info, inro, into, ions, iota, iron, jiao, join, kilo, kino, kois, lido, limo, lino, lion, loci, loin, loti, milo, miso, modi, moil, momi, naoi, nodi, noil, noir, nori, obia, obis, obit, odic, ohia, oils, oily, oink, olio, omit, otic, oxid, oxim, pion, piso, pois, riot, roil, roti, silo, soil, soli, sori, thio, tiro, toil, toit, topi, tori, trio, vino, viol, void, wino, yogi, yoni, zoic, zori. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 49 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0049 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4943 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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