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doy

/ dɔɪ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a beloved person: used esp as an endearment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

There’s this incredible artist in Korea I love — his Instagram handle is @tattooist_doy.

Kim, known as Doy, is a favorite of celebrities, including actor Brad Pitt and actress Han Ye-seul, but he works discreetly.

Doy said many of his colleagues have already left to work overseas, some applying for an artist visa to the United States.

From Reuters

A survey conducted by the union of 650 tattoo artists Doy leads has also found six cases since last April of artists being sentenced to jail - usually for two years.

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"I'm really grateful for the pledge. It's probably the best artistic inspiration that tattooists have had recently," Doy, whose real name is Kim Do-yoon, said at his parlour.

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What does doy mean?

Doy is a term of endearment for a beloved person used in a Northern English dialect, especially near the city of Leeds in the English county of Yorkshire.

Doy is only used in Northern England, so you will see it alongside other examples of the dialect, as in from this poem by Yorkshire poet John Hartley:

“Whear is thi Daddy, doy? Whear is thi mam?

What are ta cryin for, poor little lamb?”

Doy is used similarly to words like darling or love, used in place of a person’s name. Using an endearment  tells a person you care deeply about them.

Where does doy come from?

The first records of the term doy come from around 1862. The origin of doy is unknown but it is thought to be an alteration of joy.

Today, the word doy is not commonly used even in and around Leeds. It is most likely to be used by an older person from the Yorkshire county to refer to a younger person or a young child.

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What are some synonyms for doy?

What are some words that often get used in discussing doy?

Try using doy!

Which of the following words is a synonym of doy?

A. boy
B. friend
C. darling
D. elder

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