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What owls say when they require clarification of a previous comment.
Person: The USA should not have invaded Iraq as they only did this for the purposes of acquiring access to oil supplies. Other countries such as North Korea are far more secretive and uncontrolled as far as nuclear power are concerned, but they have no oil, so clearly their nuclear capabilities and human rights abuses are irrelevant.

Owl: o rly?
o rly? by peterigg June 3, 2006
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Means Oh Really?
Often used with a white owl, occasionally decked out in different costumes for uses such as "Quite Rly" (With a monocle and pipe) Often used for sarcasm or just to be an internet nerd.
#1: The sky is blue.
#2: O RLY?!

#1: Old chap, the sky appears to be quite sapphire today.
#2: Quite rly.
o rly by Lupus Moon April 14, 2006
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o rly owl 

o rly owl is the internet meme/phenomenam that RULZ, it owns!
the term usually comes with the picture of the infamous o rly owl, many images of the such said owl have been edited to place it in different situations or surounds, saying o rly to some incidance or another to comicaly effect
originated by a group of bodybuilders in the misc section on a well knowen bodybuilding forum.

o'rly is also affiliated with the o'rly owl.
fred:hey guys i lost my virginity today.

harry:o'rly?

fred: ya rly.
o'rly by the rich pimp May 31, 2006
Often used as an answer to o rly. It is synonymous with an owl sporting a monocle and a pipe. Other answers to o rly are ya rly and cho rly.

Meant to sound sophisticated, which is an oxymoron based upon its origin.
James: Dude, Pamela Anderson is a total babe!

Chris: o rly?

James: ya rly.

Chris: Quite Rly.

James: Indeed, good friend.
Quite Rly by CaptainKrrris January 29, 2009
Used as a verbal equivalent to the body language of the 'raised eyebrow'.
"Sometimes I like to walk around the house naked"

"O rly?"
o rly by Luths April 16, 2006
Response to O RLY?
See O RLY?
Juan:O RLY?
Diaz:YA RLY!
YA RLY! by Bryan Rogers April 26, 2006