What does "O.K" stand for?

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What does "O.K" stand for?

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2007-04-18 09:25:01 · 2 answers · asked by Gabbyhere! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

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initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., oll or orl korrect representing all correct, first attested in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren during his election campaign

2007-04-18 09:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by stateofwoo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

OK stands for Old Kinderhook or Oll Korrect

2007-04-18 09:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by megaherzfan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋