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Definitions of FIRST, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE

HISTORY ABOUT 'OKAY'.


What do you
'Okay': The very first appearance of
'OK' occured in a satirical mean,
ACCORDIND TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER
article published by Boston
Morning Post in 1839, as 'Orl
1
Adverb/Adjective,
Korrekt'. When Martin Van
Buren coined the campaign
'Okay'?
Assenting or agreeing, slogan 'Vote For OK', the use
All right of the word skyrocketed.

2
Noun, approval or
endorsement, give
something an 'Okay'

3
Verb, to 'okay' something
or to have something
'okayed' LOOK UP! HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MISLEAD
BY A GIRLFRIEND OR SPOUSE
The 'OK" hand gesture on the SAYING THEYRE "OKAY" WHEN
4 right symbolizes the word. YOU KNOW THEYRE NOT?
making an 'O' and a 'K' with
Abbreviation of Okay, your fingers. The two gestures Fear not! All the information you
'OK' will ever need to know about the
have very different origins, but
most widely recognized word in
are both now mainstreamly
the world is in your hands right
used to mean "alright", or
now!
'great', etc.
By: Dominik Leisinger
Similar Sayings
Now, Around the World:
Greece: ola kola,
SYNONYMS OF 'OKAY':
All Right
Correct
Permitted

you can confidently meaning 'it is good' Fine


Tolerable

use the information


Passable

in this pamphlet to
understand what
they're really saying Choctaw Indian:
when they say oke or okeh, 'it is so'

"Okay".

France: aux Cayes,


ANTONYMS OF 'OKAY':
slang for good rum
Bad
Unsuitable
Unacceptable
Wrong
Unsatisfactory

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