What is ahoy hoy?

Ahoy-hoy was a greeting suggested by <a href="https://www.wikiwhat.page/kavramlar/Alexander%20Graham%20Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a> as a standard greeting when answering the telephone. He wanted this phrase to be used instead of "hello".

While "hello" (popularized by <a href="https://www.wikiwhat.page/kavramlar/Thomas%20Edison">Thomas Edison</a>) eventually won out as the standard telephone greeting, "ahoy-hoy" is still sometimes used humorously or ironically. It is also sometimes associated with <a href="https://www.wikiwhat.page/kavramlar/Mr.%20Burns">Mr. Burns</a>, a character in The Simpsons who famously uses the greeting.