Where did the term "okey-dokey" come from, meaning OK or alright?

Verbonica

Okey-dokey is a variant of okay. It is 20th century American and first appears in print in a 1932 edition of "American Speech." http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/264800.html Sep 13 09, 10:05 AM

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NOTE: Multiple spellings are accepted -- Self-referencing list was lifted from Yahoo.answers: <1932 “Okey-dokey, O.K.”—‘American Speech,’ Vol. 7, No. 5, June, page 334> <1936 “He saw that tiresome red-faced fellow . . . , the man who knew everybody and said ‘OKIE-DOKIE’ to everything.”—‘Turn, Magic Wheel’ by d. Powell, I. page 36> < 1936 “He suffered no pain. He pranced around the deck occasionally, announcing that he was ‘OKEY DOKEY.’”—‘New York Times,’ 25 June, page 23/5> [[adjective]] <1947 “‘Hey, Killer, tell Jack to pick me up in front of the door right away.’ ‘OKLE-DOKLE,’ the Kileer said.”—‘The Harder They Fall’ by Schulberg, page 121> <1964 “The stretch forms [of o.k.] OKIE-DOKE and OKIE-DOKIE are whimsical variants that gained considerable currency in the 1930s . . . Another stretch form was OKLE-DOKLE, memorialized in a popular song of 1947.”—‘American Speech,’ Vol 39, No. 2, May, pages 95-96> <1968 “His secretary . . . informed me that her boss was a ‘genius’ and never offered explanations other than ‘This is terrible’ or ‘This is OKIE-DOKIE.’”—“Fan’s Notes” (1970) by F. Exley, v. pagee 213> [[adjective]] <1977 “Now, if for any reason you lose your paperclips, you’re in big trouble. OKEYDOKE.”—‘New Yorker,’ 16 May, page 33/1> < 1977 “Light out, silence, everything OKEY DOKEY, she goes off to bed.”—‘Every Inch a Lady’ by J. Fleming, I. i. page 7> [[adjective]] <1995 “Well, that's OKEY-DOKEY, but does it really work?”—‘Q,’ June, page 101/1> [[adjective]] <2000 “’Can you bear to be serious for a moment?’ ‘OKEY-DOKEY,’ I said, like a New York Jewish comedian.”—‘Girlfriend 44’ by M. Barrowcliffe, xx. page 483> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071217045149AArB0ys Sep 13 09, 11:28 AM