Short Stuff: History of OK

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Is OK the best word? It's certainly one of the most versatile. Check the interesting history of this weird contraction.

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0:00.0	I'm the Wizard of Oz, I'm the one making everything happen.
0:02.8	Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Star, Jen Shaw, is running the scam of the century.
0:08.2	I remember one time, Stuart lost like about 8 million.
0:13.0	Jen was very upset and she came down to the office late at night with Coach
0:17.6	yelling at him, asking him where their money is.
0:21.6	Listen to Queen of the Con, season 4, The Unreal Housewife.
0:25.9	On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.6	Hey and welcome to the short stuff. I'm Josh and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too,
0:38.8	standing in for Dave and that makes the short stuff. Okay.
0:44.9	Thanks to Dave Ruse and HouseStuffWorks.com and Grammarly for this,
0:50.4	because we're talking about okay, which some people say is one of the most
0:55.3	versatile and one of the greatest words in the English language and I don't disagree.
1:02.3	I don't either. I say like more but I think okay is probably second in my vocabulary.
1:09.2	Yeah, absolutely. Grammarly will tell you that okay can be used in myriad ways and it's
1:15.7	a very versatile word. It can be used as an adjective. Oh, that's okay.
1:20.7	Yeah, that's just okay. Like how is it? Okay.
1:24.0	Right, exactly. It can be an interjection. Okay.
1:29.4	Okay, let's talk or someone's talking too much. Okay, okay.
1:34.3	Right? Yeah. It can be used in the verb since. Like, give me an example.
1:40.6	That guy's really okaying that boat all over the lake.
1:44.9	Okay, that's not right. More like it's being okay as we speak.
1:52.0	Oh, good. Yes. Thank you. All right. Or it can be used in the noun since.
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