The word "OK" actually stands for something

[Phokus]

http://straightdope.com/classics/a2_250.html

for the tldr crowd, it stands for "Oll Korrect"

 

[txrandom]

OK.

 

[irishScott]

k

 

[her209]

Mmmmkay...

 

[Quasmo]

KO... crap.

 

[JRich]

O RLY?

 

[eLiu]

Wow, 'nuff said' (NS) was around in 1840. That whole thing with the "humorous" abbreviations is actually quite amusing.

 

[EvilYoda]

hehe...cool. Thanks OP, I always like reading about the etymology of a word.

 

[KingofCamelot]

Okay.

 

[2Xtreme21]

OK stands for Oklahoma.

 

[Steve]

Your sig is way too long, OK?

 

[AkumaX]

SRSLY?

 

[tfinch2]

Yeah, it stands for "okay".

 

[DaWhim]

ok

 

[bondboy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Old Kinderhook. I remember that from a high school trivia fact.

 

[JohnAn2112]

WTF is up with your sig?

 

[Vonkhan]

kk

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

KTHXBAI.

 

[sandorski]

OMG! I use "sp" all the time after I think I misspell words. Now I know why! It's to tell the Spelling Nazis that it just don't matter!!

Ok?