The word 'Ok' or 'Okay' is one of the most familiar words in the modern world, right next to the word 'Coca-Cola' or 'Cola'. There are other variants on how this beautiful word had come to use, but this one has appeared to be the most acceptable by those who know it.
It was the election 1840 and the word was born in the presidential election of that year.
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It started in Boston. People there started using humorous initials, sometimes combined with purposeful misspelling, just for fun. Newspapers picked up the fad, and writers had a high hold time throwing around all sorts of acronyms.
For example:
[b]g.t.d.h.d. - give the devil his due
n.g. - no go
s.p. - small potatoes
O.W. - Oll Wright (all right)
G.T. - Gone to Texas[/b]
Similar to today's 'gtg' or 'lol' or 'wtf' huh?
And there was another expression that started gaining some currency: Oll Korrect, or [b]O.K.[/b]
The fad spread quickly to New York, but the phrase "O.K.' didn't come into national use until the presidential campaign of 1840. Democrats trying to reelect Martin Van Buren were casting around for political slogans Van Buren was from [b]Kinderhook[/b], New York, and was sometimes called [b]"Old Kinderhook"[/b]. [i]O.K.[/i] political operatives seized on the coincidence. [b]Democrats started forming [i]O.K.[/i] clubs and starting [i]O.K.[/i] balls. The campaign catapulted the expression into national circulation[/b].
Van Buren lost his bid for reelection. But [b]O.K.[/b] won in a landslide, and is used billions of times a day in all corners of the globe.
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Van Buren was also known as the "the Little Magician" and "the Fox of Kinderhook" because of his poliical skills. "Kinderhook" is Dutch for "children's corner." Dutch explorer Henry Hudson gave the name to that area of what is now New York in 1609 because he saw Indian children playing there.
Later in the years, president James K. Polk did what he could during his campaign. Posters had his last name in 'P[b]O[/b]L[B]K[/b].'
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very good thread...
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[QUOTE=FinalHunter;24598459]The origins of Worthless Threads.[/QUOTE]
Better than the threads you made that end up getting locked.
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18340?
Wow i had no idea OK was that young.
It doesn't seem to be a very 1800's word either, but i never gave it any thought. Cool.
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That word is the bees knees
i never know whether or not to type out okay or just ok or o.k. which is best?
"the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages."
riiight OP...
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God DAMMIT AAAAAHHHHH
kthxbai
[QUOTE=Singo;24598542]18340?[/QUOTE]
he used a time machine
this thread is oll korrect.
[QUOTE=oldgregg;24598679]"the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages."
riiight OP...[/QUOTE]
[quote]A more likely explanation is that the term originated as an abbreviation of orl korrekt , a jokey misspelling of 'all correct' which was current in the US in the 1830s. The oldest written references result from its use as a slogan by the Democratic party during the American Presidential election of 1840. Their candidate, President Martin Van Buren, was nicknamed 'Old Kinderhook' (after his birthplace in New York State), and his supporters formed the 'OK Club'. This undoubtedly helped to popularize the term (though it did not get President Van Buren re-elected).
The only other theory with at least a degree of plausibility is that the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages. Unfortunately, historical evidence enabling the origin of this expression to be finally and firmly established may be hard to unearth.
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Blue dot with an I for OP. K?
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Oh wow!
Very intrasting thread
Rated informative!
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