What is "oi"

1962, vulgar or working class pronunciation of hoy a call or shout to attract attention.

interj. 1 Said to get someone's attention; hey. 2 A protest or reprimand. 3 An expression of surprise. 4 An informal greeting, similar to hi. n. (context UK sometimes capitalized English) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.

Oi is an interjection used in various varieties of the English language, particularly British English, Australian English, New Zealand English, Singaporean English and Southern African English, to get the attention of another person or to express surprise or disapproval.

"Oi" has been particularly associated with working class and Cockney speech. It is effectively a local pronunciation of "hoy" (see H-dropping), an older expression. A study of the Cockney dialect in the 1950s found that whether it was being used to call attention or as a challenge depended on its tone and abruptness. The study's author noted that the expression is "jaunty and self-assertive" as well as "intensely cockney".

A poll of non-English speakers by the British Council in 2004 found that "oi" was considered the 61st most beautiful word in the English language. A spokesman commented that "Oi is not a word that I would've thought turned up in English manuals all that often." "Oi" was added to the list of acceptable words in US Scrabble in 2006.

Oi or OI may refer to:

In biology:

• Great-winged petrel, also known by its Māori name oi
• Orthostatic intolerance, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system
• Osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic bone disorder

In business:

• Oi (telecommunications), the largest landline telephone company in Brazil
• Operational intelligence, in business analytics
• Organizational intelligence, in business management
• Owens-Illinois, a Fortune 500 company

In linguistics:

• Oi (digraph), a Latin-script digraph
• Oi (interjection), an interjection used to get someone's attention, or to express surprise or disapproval
• Oi language, a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos

In music:

• Oi!, a subgenre of punk rock
• "Oi!", a 2002 hit song for British grime music crew More Fire Crew
• Oi Oi Oi (album), an album by Boys Noize

In organisations:

• Oi! (Hong Kong), a visual arts organisation in Hong Kong
• Oriental Institute (disambiguation)
• Orphans International, a global charitable organization the benefits orphans and abandoned children

In other uses:

• O-I, a Japanese tank design of the Second World War
• Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi, an Australian chant
• Oratorical Interpretation, an event in American competitive high school forensics

Oi (, Portuguese for "Hi"), formerly known as Telemar, is the largest telecommunications company in Brazil and South America, both in terms of subscribers and revenues. It is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. Oi's major subsidiaries include Telemar and Brasil Telecom.

At the end of 2013 Oi had 74.5 million subscribers, including 16.9 million for landline, 50.3 million for wireless , 5.3 million for ADSL, and 1 million for other services.

In 2013, Oi announced its merger with Portugal Telecom, the largest telecommunication company in Portugal, in order to strengthen the Brazilian firm and simplify its ownership structure. In June 2015 Portugal Telecom was acquired by Altice Group.

On June 20, 2016, Oi filed for a 19 billion (65 billion) bankruptcy protection, the largest on record for Brazil.

Ōi may refer to:

In Japanese geography:

• Ōi, Fukui
• Ōi, Kanagawa
• Ōi, Saitama
• Ōi District, Fukui
• Ōi River, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Ōi River (Kyoto Prefecture), part of the Katsura River

In other uses:

• Ōi (shogi), one of the seven titles of Japanese professional shogi (board game) tournament
• Ōi Dam, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• Japanese cruiser Ōi, a former cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy

is one of the seven titles in Japanese professional shogi. The word means "the king's rank" = king, i( 位) = rank or position).

The annual tournament started in 1960 sponsored by a group of local newspapers which has consisted of Shimbun Sansha Rengō (Three-Newspaper Association). Despite of its name, Shimbun Sansha Rengō is currently formed by six newspapers: Hokkaido Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, Chunichi Shimbun, Kobe Shimbun, Tokushima Shimbun and Nishinippon Shimbun.

The challenger for the title is determined by three-step preliminary round that comprises 1st heat, league competition and final playoff. Top eight players in 1st heat and top four players of previous year are divided into two six-player leagues. Top one of each league advances to final playoff, and the winner of one-game match becomes the challenger.

The player that wins four games out of seven first in the championship will become the new Ōi title holder. Each championship games assign players a six-hour playtime during two days.