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There’s a two-letter word that we hear everywhere.
OK.
Okay.
OK, are you OK Annie?
OK OK OK, OK ladies…
OK might be the most recognizable word on the planet.
OK!
OK.
It’s essential to how we communicate with each other, and even with our technology.
Alexa, turn off the living room light.
OK.
You probably use it every day – even if you don’t notice it.
But, what does OK actually mean?
And where did it come from?
Hm.
OK.
Okay then.
OK, thank you.
OK actually traces back to an 1830s fad of intentionally misspelling abbreviations.
Young “intellectual” types in Boston delighted those “in the know” with butchered coded
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