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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.nlang
Subject: Re: Origins of Words (OK)
Message-ID: <348@hoxna.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 23:40:02 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 13 23:40:02 1984
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Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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According to something I read years ago, OK is short for "Old
Kinderhook", the nickname of Martin Van Buren.  He used "OK" alot
during his term and it caught on in the US.
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Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB 1D302, x7178
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