Wut do the letters ok stand for?

Answer 1

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ok
American Heritage Dictionary definition:

OK 1 or o-kay (ō-kā') Pronunciation Key: long o and long a
n. pl. OK's or o-kays
Approval; agreement: Get your supervisor's OK before taking a day off.

adj.
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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay:
History of the word

Okay is a term of approval, assent, or acknowledgment, often written as OK or O.K.. (See also AOK.) When used to describe the quality of a thing, it denotes acceptability. However, its usage can also be strongly approving; as with most slang, its usage is determined by context.

Since the 19th century, the word has spread around the world, the okay spelling of it first appearing in British writing in the 1860s. Spelled out or not, it is now in everyday use among English speakers, and is popular among non-English speakers. Indeed it is reported by some sources to be the most widely recognized word in the world. Certainly there are few regions in the world where the term is not at least to some degree recognized.

An English professor at the University of Alabama named W. S. Wyman attributed OK to the Choctaw word "okeh", which means "it is so", in 1885.

It has been suggested that in World War II the term "zero killed" was used when a unit suffered no casualties in combat, and that this was then shortened to 0K.

In English okay may be used as nearly any part of speech. When used as a noun, the word signifies approval or consent, as in, "Make sure you get the teacher's okay on that topic." The verb has a similar function, such as, "Get the teacher to okay that topic." As an adjective or adverb it implies adequate but unremarkable quality: "That sandwich was okay." "We ran okay today." Okay as an interjection takes the place of "all right" or "that's enough:" "Okay, I get the point." As part of an interrogative it requests confirmation: "We need to leave by five, okay?"

Answer 2

There are many theories for the origin of the saying "O.K.", or "Okay". One comes from World War II, when 0K (zero killed) was used for units returning from combat with no casualties. This has also been said to go back to the Civil War. There are many other theories, but I personally like this one. Check the link below for more info on this topic.

Answer 3

The historical record shows that O.K. appeared as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (a conscious misspelling of "all correct")

Answer 4

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Answer 5

president andrew jackson supposedly was such a terrible speller that he spelled "all correct" as "oll korrekt". this was eventually shortened to "ok".