3 definitions by Sharon Ann
Oi, or Oy is cockney now mebbe, but its Yiddish roots go way back. In Yiddish it's a general expression of existential angst. Its roots are pure Hebrew, where "Oy" means "woe".
by Sharon Ann July 25, 2005
Adjective, origin unknown. Flaky, space-cadet, but in a *nice* way. Not generally used outside the Philadelphia PA region.
by Sharon Ann September 10, 2005
"Maven" comes to us from the Hebrew, by way of Yiddish. In Hebrew, "mavin" means "he knows". So a "maven" is someone in the know, a real expert, or maybe sometimes just a self-styled expert.
"You need to decide on a new computer? Talk to my cousin, he just graduated from CalTech, he's a real maven."
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"Okay, so you read one magazine article, what does that make you, a maven?"
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"Okay, so you read one magazine article, what does that make you, a maven?"
by Sharon Ann September 10, 2005