What is OK short for?
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What other words are the same as "short" Got it you use a "small little tiny" k instead of a capital - is this Ok
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OK is short for 'okay'. Now for the 'details' (sorry, couldn't resist!)
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.
according to Flanders it is short for "Okily-dokily"
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