2007-01-02 11:43:17 · 15 answers · asked by Kitty 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
No it is not.. Here is a little background about the word:
Meaning
Okay. There are some late 20th century alternative meanings, limited to the USA, e.g. 'absurd or ridiculous' and 'to swindle of deceive'.
Origin
This little phrase is a variant of okay. It is 20th century American and first appears in print in a 1932 edition of American Speech.
There are several alternative spellings - okay-doke, okey-doke, okee-doke, etc. In addition to these is the comic version that has brought the phrase back to popular attention in recent years - The Simpson's Ned Flanders' 'okely-dokely'.
All of them are just a perky reduplicated variants of okay, utilizing that favourite device of two-word phrases - rhyming. As a reduplication it is properly spelled with a hyphen, although it is often given without.
Like okay, 'okey-doke' is used to indicate that all is well, e.g. 'everything is okay here', but may be used when responding positively to a request. That is exemplified in this piece from Colin MacInnes' book City of Spades, 1957:
"One Guinness stout, right, I thank you, okey-doke, here it is."
2007-01-02 11:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Issym 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S H I T I hope not. I say okey dokey all the time.
2007-01-02 12:46:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's new to me. I've never heard that it was Racist. If someone said that it is to you. You ask them why. Don't just let them say because "Is it" that is not a reason.
2007-01-02 14:43:11 · answer #3 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! Although now that you've brought it up someone will, most likely, find a way to make it so.
2007-01-02 14:42:07 · answer #4 · answered by hairdvs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unless there's a new race of ppl i haven't heard of, called the "okey-dokes." it just a cutsie way to say "okay."
2007-01-02 11:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by pirate00girl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you find out that it is let me know. I use it all the time and my whole life as well.
2007-01-02 11:51:13 · answer #6 · answered by Danthony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it isn't racist. Quit worrying!
2007-01-02 13:51:38 · answer #7 · answered by Inquisitive125 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you say it in a demeaning way to a person of another race.
2007-01-02 12:55:57 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, but in our world today- I wouldn't be amazed if it was politically-uncorrect!
2007-01-02 11:44:57 · answer #9 · answered by Nicole S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but it's a bit Ned Flanders. ;)
2007-01-02 12:07:54 · answer #10 · answered by pompeii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋