define oy ve
Oy vey Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries. Wikipedia Dictionaries. English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia. Oy vey or oy vey ist mir is a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation. Also spelled oy vay, oy veh, or oi vey, and often abbreviated to oy, the expression may be translated as, oh, woe! or woe is me!. Its Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy (××× ×××××, Ã³j waÃ¤vÃ³j).