Wiktionary (4.00 / 3 votes) Rate this definition: oy gevalt (Interjection). Oh, God!. oy gevalt (Interjection). uh-oh!, woe is me!. oy gevalt (Interjection). Enough already.. Origin: From ××± ××°×Ö·×× (oy gvald).This comes from Gewalt (power, force violence); the similar Polish gwaÅt (violence) is also from German, (the Polish and Ukranian word has since gravitated into rape).rigin: From ××± ××°×Ö·×× (oy gvald). This comes from Gewalt (power, force violence); the similar Polish gwaÅt (violence) is also from German, (the Polish and Ukranian word has since gravitated into rape).
The inside lane is the one closest to the on-ramp, and the outside lane is the one closest to the barrier. We do tend to use left lane and right lane more often, but that alone might throw off a UK visitor. : : : : I should also add that we use the term passing lane to denote the proper use of the left lane.
Say there are two lanes of highway traffic and because of construction a section of one lane is closed, narrowing traffic to one lane. It's rush hour and traffic flow has slowed dramatically. You see the sign well before the merge telling you traffic is reduced to one lane ahead.