oh, you —! excl.
(US) an excl. of affection; esp. as oh, you kid!
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Cincinnati Enquirer 19 May in Unforgettable Season (1981) 70: Oh, you Reds! Oh, you Giants! Oh, you Matty. Especially, oh, you Matty! | |
 | [O.V. Boob] 24 Aug. [synd. strip] I love Broadway but oh you Kidd!! | |
| Torchy 164: She seems to like it when I sing out, ‘Oh, you Theresa!’ at her. | |
| Senior 11: Spencer. Hi, Violet! Violet. Oh, you Spency! | |
| Valley of the Moon (1914) 24: ‘Oh, you Bill, you,’ one of them [...] was calling. [...] ‘Oh, you chicken,’ he called back gallantly. | |
| Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 21 Apr. 11/1: ‘[He] peddles his pet line of slushy gush, but when a good show comes into town Oh you vanishing kid!’. | |
| Us Boys 26 May [synd. cartoon strip] Oh you Eaglebeakie! | |
| ‘Levelling with Elisha’ in Old Man Curry 15: Oh, you prophet of Israel! | |
| diary 10 Aug. 🌐 Oh you stab in the arm. Can hardly hold up my head. [Ibid.] 25 Dec. Oh you morning after the night before. I wonder how sick a man has to be to die. | |
| ‘The National Commission Decides’ in Score by Innings (2004) 303: A grand idea [...] Oh, you National Commish! | |
| (con. 1900s) Wash. Post 25 Jan. SM7: Jargon of the JuvenilesMother: [...] O you kiddo! | |
| Wise-crack Dict. 12/1: Oh, you Kid! – Corespondent. | |
| Houston Post 14 June 2/3: When she swished past this leering beast in human form would boldly accost her with such brilliant greetings as ‘Oh, you kid!’ or ‘Twenty-three skiddoo’ [DA]. | |
| in Jewish World Rev. 12 Jan. 🌐 Twenty-three skidoo, oh, you kid, banana oil, chicken inspector, and hot cha cha date back to the 1920s and are phrases that have lost virtually all meaning for anyone under the age of, say, eighty. | |
| ‘Hot-Prowl Rape-O’ in Destination: Morgue! (2004) 318: Cal coughed. His eyes said, ‘Oh, you kid.’. |