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OK (/ ˌ oʊ ˈ k eɪ / ⓘ), with spelling variations including okay, okeh, O.K. and many others, is an English word (originating in American English) denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, acknowledgment, or a sign of indifference. OK is frequently used as a loanword in other languages. It has been described as the most frequently ...
Several etymologies have been proposed for the word OK or okay. The majority can be easily classified as false etymologies, or possibly folk etymologies. H. L. Mencken, in The American Language, lists serious candidates and "a few of the more picturesque or preposterous". [1]
When spoken, "OK" means "just OK, neither good nor bad." Consider the expression, "The food was OK," which implies that it wasn't great, but not horrible either. "A-OK" means good, great, terrific, fantastic, etc. The gesture has the connotation of the latter; using the gesture doesn't mean "things are so-so," it means things are "A-OK—all good."
Eventually you’ll get a little stronger and you’ll move up. Listen, you’re not going to do this in a week. It takes time, give yourself grace, be patient and try to enlist some friends.”
The most popular starting word, by the way, is “adieu.” The most played Wordle puzzle in 2024 was on April 23. That word was "rover." A total of 5.6 million streaks ended on Oct. 15, with "corer."
It begins with the title track: “Am I Okay?” Megan Moroney, a storied student of country music — and an expert in the genre's ability to flip a turn of phrase and change its meaning in ...
everything said [is] stronger if said in Latin: or "everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin"; a more common phrase with the same meaning is quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur (whatever said in Latin, seems profound) omnia in mensura et numero et pondere disposuisti: Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.
The term has been around in Black American communities since the 1990s, appearing as early as 1992 on "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, who raps: "No flexin', didn't even look in a n----'s direction."