Meanings
doy1
- Disdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
—Wow, he looks pretty angry. —Doy!
2 more examples
Uh, doy!
2015 March 6, “Kimmy Has a Birthday!”, in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper)This sucks. I have no idea where I want to go to college, and Ms. Whitaker's making me decide right away. But how? There are so many colleges. How does anyone decide? / Easy. Pick the school with the best chick to dude ratio. Doy.
2018, Robia Rashid, Dennis Saldua, “The Smudging” (11:09 from the start), in Pam Thomas, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Sam and Zahid (Keir Gilchrist and Nik Dodani), via NetflixSynonyms: obviously, duh, no duh, no shit, no shit, Sherlock, you don't say, no kidding
doy2
plural doys
- YorkshiredialectalendearingA term of address to a young child.
Whear is thi' Daddy doy? Whear is thi' mam? / What are ta cryin for, poor little lamb?
1872, John Hartley, “A Hawpoth”, in Yorkshire Ditties: Second Series, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: William Nicholson & Sons, page 1121 more example
[…] 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.
1886, “Sweep! oh! Sweep!”, in Yorkshire Tales: First Series, London: W. Nicholson and Sons, page 30
Doy3
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionDisdainful indication that something is obvious; see duh.
Origin
doy · interjection
Unknown. Possibly related to doylem (“a stupid person; an idiot”).
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Cite this entry
doy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doy
“doy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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