אוי ווי

oy vey

Phonetics · oy vey

Oh no, woe is me (Yiddish exclamation).

"Oh no, woe", the Yiddish sigh that conquered the world.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

Deep records on the same shelf, chaos & complaint

בלאגןba-la-GAN דווקאdav-KA (colloquially DAF-ka)פשלהFASH-la על הפניםal ha-pa-NIM

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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