Okeh


adjective

adverb

Right; that’s understood, let’s get on: So I told you about that, okay, so the next thing was he jumped the fence

affirmation

Yes; I agree; I accept that; I will do that

affirmation,question

Is that all right? is that understood? COPPISH: I’m going now, okay?

[1839+; origin uncertain and the subject of essay after essay; Allen Walker Read is the great authority and has shown that the locution began as a bumpkin-imitating game among New York and Boston writers in the early 1800s, who used OK for ”oll korrect”]

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