doy
See also: døy
English
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editEtymology 1
editUnknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”).
Interjection
editdoy
- Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
- Synonyms: obviously; duh; no duh (Australian, American); no shit; no shit, Sherlock; you don't say; no kidding
- —Wow, he looks pretty angry. —Doy!
- 2015 March 6, “Kimmy Has a Birthday!”, in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt[1], season 1, episode 9, spoken by Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper):
- Uh, doy!
Usage notes
editOften intentionally drawled for emphasis.
Etymology 2
editPossibly an alteration of joy.[1]
Noun
editdoy (plural doys)
- (Yorkshire, dialectal, endearing) A term of address to a young child.
- 1872, John Hartley, “A Hawpoth”, in Yorkshire Ditties: Second Series, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: William Nicholson & Sons, page 112:
- Whear is thi' Daddy doy? Whear is thi' mam? / What are ta cryin for, poor little lamb?
- 1886, “Sweep! oh! Sweep!”, in Yorkshire Tales: First Series, London: W. Nicholson and Sons, page 30:
- […] an' then as aw caught seet o'th' three little doys 'at wor crooidled up i'th' winder corner, tryin' to keep warm, ther little nooases lukkin like three half-ripe cherries wi' a drop o' dew glistenin' on 'em, aw thowt, better net just yet for their sake.
References
edit- ^ “doy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
edit- “doy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Stewart Kellerman, Patricia T. O'Conner (2009 April 11) “A Yorkshire sweetie”, in Grammarphobia[2], archived from the original on 2023-08-02
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