Is this an abbr. for something?
2007-07-26 11:29:03 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I *think* it was President Andrew Jackson who was not particularly literate (some things never change, do they?) who would have trouble signing his name to all the mountains of paperwork that crossed his desk. So he thought he would write Oll Korect - and then even that got to be too much - so he shortened it it OK. That's the story I heard - may not be true, but it's colorful.
2007-07-26 11:35:02 · answer #1 · answered by Mamianka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it started from "All Correct." Etymologists now generally agree that it began as a humorous misspelling of “all correct": “oll korrect.” Eventually, they just joined the abbr. into O.K. Also, the periods even dropped off, and some people added an "ay" to the end, forming "okay."
Most spellchecks dislike the word "okay"
2007-07-26 11:31:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
OK 1 or o·kay (-k) KEY Informal
NOUN:
pl. OK's or o·kays
Approval; agreement: Get your supervisor's OK before taking a day off.
ADJECTIVE:
Agreeable; acceptable: Was everything OK with your stay?
Satisfactory; good: an OK fellow.
Not excellent and not poor; mediocre: made an OK presentation.
In proper or satisfactory operational or working order: Is the battery OK?
Correct: That answer is OK.
Uninjured; safe: The skier fell but was OK.
Fairly healthy; well: Thanks to the medicine, the patient was OK.
ADVERB:
Used to express approval or agreement.
Fine; well enough; adequately: a television that works OK despite its age.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
OK'ed or OK'd or o·kayed , OK'·ing or o·kay·ing , OK's or o·kays
To approve of or agree to authorize.
2007-07-26 11:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can
make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before
deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake
source: 9 Words Women Use
Also OK is the abbrev. for Oklahoma.
2007-07-26 11:37:36 · answer #4 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oklahoma
2007-07-26 11:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia says "The historical record shows that O.K. appeared as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (a conscious misspelling of "all correct") in Boston newspapers in 1839, and was reinterpreted as "Old Kinderhook" in the 1840 United States presidential election."
I'd suggest looking it up for yourself and reading the whole paragraph, it's pretty interesting.
2007-07-26 11:33:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anniekd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use to be when people were working some distance apart out of ear shot they would hold up their hand and put their thumb and forefinger together forming an O and hold it up and it meant everything is A OK, good job, etc. .......... some people still do that I suppose ...... lol
2007-07-26 11:38:30 · answer #7 · answered by Diana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an abbr. for okay
2007-07-26 11:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by asdfghjkl; 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a deformation of "All Correct".
Short answer: OK is short for "oll korrect" and started being used until the mid-1800's. I guess it was a popular thing to abbreviate words back then, and OK happens to be one of them that managed to stick.
2007-07-26 12:55:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could mean a lot of things, depending on the tone it's used in.
OK really loudly = "Leave me alone!"
Ok? = "Do we have an agreement"?
*Sigh* ok... "Yeah, I guess..."
Ok = Said when you learn something new, or come to a generalization.
There's many more, too.
2007-07-26 11:33:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋