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OE

name
/oʊ/US/əʊ/UK/ɔɪ/US

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic ogha; for spelling see Scots.

  1. borrowed from ø
  2. borrowed from ö

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Old English.

    • An example of this is the word Os—'a god', which was often used as an initial element in OE personal names[…]

  2. Initialism of Overseas Experience.

  3. Initialism of Outlook Express.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of overemployment.

    2. Initialism of operating experience.

    3. Initialism of occupational education.

    4. Abbreviation of overemployed.

      • Rallying on reddit, Minute-Lock6073 says, "I started telling recruiters about my interest in a second job," the cloud computing specialist explains. "Both of my managers know that I am 'OE'".

    5. Abbreviation of over educated.

    6. To be overemployed (working more than one job simultaneously).

      • But then he might be found out at the other companies where he OEs as a transgender person. Obviously the solution is to interview as a furry
      • Before that, I was at a company where I could have easily OEed but didn't because it didn't even cross my mind.

    7. A small island.

      • I love my father's northern land, / Where the dark pine-trees grow, / And the bold Baltic's echoing strand / Looks o'er each grassy oe.

    8. A grandchild.

    9. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for OE. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA