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Oy vey! (Yiddish: אױ װײ) is an exclamation of dismay or exasperation meaning "woe is me" or "oh, no". This exclamation was borrowed from Yiddish. A related exclamation is "vey iz mir" (װײ'ז מיר)—"woe is me" or "oy vey iz mir" (Yiddish: אױ װײ'ז מיר). Sometimes, Oy is just used by itself. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Yiddish (Yid. ...

It is related to the expression "Oy gevalt" (Yiddsh: אױ גװאַלד oy gvald).

Use in popular culture

• In New York City, it was used on a sign on the Williamsburg Bridge which read "Leaving Brooklyn: Oy vey!"
• In 1992, the band Tin Machine released a live album titled Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby, a joke on U2's Achtung, Baby.
• In The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown," Krusty's father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski, cries out "Oy vey iz mir!" when his son's identity is revealed at a comedy club.
• In Weird Al's Song Pretty Fly For A Rabbi on his album Running With Scissors frequently uses the phrase.
• There was a Jewish parody of James Bond, who was called "Oy Oy Seven".
• In Leo Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish, he says that a woman in labor who is crying "Oy!" is not yet ready for the doctor. Once she yells "Gevalt!" then it's time.
• In Madagascar, Gloria the hippo mutters it during a conversation with King Julien of the Lemurs.
• In "What Women Want," when Mel Gibson's character is in his marital counselor's (Bette Midler) office and he hears what she thinks, she thinks "Oy Vey." He then says, "You can say that again."
• In Hercules (1997 film), Phil exclaims while walking away "Okay, Oh Boy, Oy vey."
• In Fame – The Musical, Serena exclaims "oy vey" when she is told that her offstage love interest Nick will be playing Mercutio instead of her onstage lover Romeo in their school's production of Romeo and Juliet.
• In D2: The Mighty Ducks, Ken Wu mutters it during the final Iceland game as an Iceland player skates behind him.

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See Also

• Oy gevalt
• Yiddish
• Jewish languages
• List of English words of Yiddish origin