oik

[ oik ]

noun

, British Slang.

, plural oicks, oiks.

1. oaf; lout.

oik

/ ɔɪk /

noun

1. derogatory.
   a person regarded as inferior because ignorant, ill-educated, or lower-class

Word History and Origins

Origin of oik¹

First recorded in 1920–25; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

He hated Trump and Brexit, called Tony Blair a “mendacious little show-off” and Boris Johnson “an Etonian oik.”

From New York Times

He hated Trump and Brexit, called Tony Blair a “mendacious little show-off” and Boris Johnson “an Etonian oik.”

From New York Times

Only recently McQueen told the Telegraph magazine: “I’m a working class kid. I stick to my working class roots and that’s what gets me the press. At the end of the day, although I’m quite intelligent, I’m still quite an oik.”

From The Guardian

When associates of a leading minister refer to you as “that jumped-up oik”, you may sense you’re not winning friends in high places.

From The Guardian

Kate, once dismissed as an airhead oik in search of a rich husband, lest we forget, is somehow allowed to show some shoulder, a double standard seized on by the US press, of course, as it allows them to lambast their hidebound British peers, while benefiting from the ensuing sales lift provided by the most photogenic royals.

From The Guardian