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    How did the acknowledgement of approval or consent, OK or Okay come about?

    Question #112458. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Jan 28 10 5:42 PM)


    Druu

    		From dictionary.com:

    Origin:
    initials of a facetious folk phonetic spelling, e.g., oll or orl korrect representing all correct, first attested in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1839, then used in 1840 by Democrat partisans of Martin Van Buren during his election campaign, who allegedly named their organization, the O.K. Club, in allusion to the initials of Old Kinderhook, Van Buren's nickname, derived from his birthplace Kinderhook, New York

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ok

    Jan 28 10, 5:48 PM

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