what do the initials OK stand for?
OK IS NOT SHORT FOR OKEY-DOKEY OR ANY OTHER SUCH NONSENSE.THIS UNIVERSALLY USED EXPRESSION,MEANING ALL RIGHT,IS OE RATHER RECENT AMERICAN ORGIN.SOME LINGUISTS MAINTAIN THAT ANDREW JACKSON FIRST USED THE EXPRESSION,HAVING TAKEN IT FROM THE CHOCTAW INDIAN WORD 'OKEH'.IT WAS,HOWEVER,POPULARIZED BY MARTIN VAN BUREN.HE WAS THE 8TH PRESIDENT OF US
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