SO, What does OK actually mean???

Question

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Answer 1

OK
–adjective
1.all right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control: Things are OK at the moment.
2.correct, permissible, or acceptable; meeting standards: Is this suit OK to wear to a formal party?
3.doing well or in good health; managing adequately: She's been OK since the operation.
4.adequate but unexceptional or unremarkable; tolerable: The job they did was OK, nothing more.
5.estimable, dependable, or trustworthy; likable: an OK person.

–adverb
6.all right; well enough; successfully; fine: She'll manage OK on her own. He sings OK, but he can't tap dance.
7.(used as an affirmative response) yes; surely.
8.(used as an interrogative or interrogative tag) all right?; do you agree?

–interjection
9.(used to express agreement, understanding, acceptance, or the like): OK, I'll get it for you.
10.(used as an introductory or transitional expletive): OK, now where were we?

–noun
11.an approval, agreement, or endorsement: They gave their OK to her leave of absence.

–verb (used with object)
12.to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?

Word History: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: "frightful letters ... significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, 'all correct' .... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions ... to make all things O.K."

Answer 2

Oh goody! I know this story!Lol! :D

"OK" derives from Greek people. Decades ago, there was a phase when most of the Greek population immigrated to Australia & germany mostly becuase the conditions to Greece weren't good & they couldn't find a job. (that's why there are so many Greeks in Australia & Germany).
Anyway,when they got to the airport & were checking their luggage, when everything was allright, they wrote on the suitcases "Ola Kala" which means "Everything allright". The people who worked at the airport & were checking the suitcases they saw the phrase "Ola Kala" so after a while they were saying "this is "O.K" the initials from the phrase.
That's it. :)

Answer 3

Alrighty!!

Ooakay Koakay

Answer 4

I'm almost ashamed to follow the person above me..
I just thought you had finally given in and we were gonna... oh never mind..

Answer 5

ok means like you guess your go along with something or just whatever

Answer 6

if you find out let me know please cause i dont really know sooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry