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Not even a little? That's just the initials given in quality control, which more and more people began using as synonymous for having good quality. Which is pr
by ffsm8 2y ago
Not even a little?
That's just the initials given in quality control, which more and more people began using as synonymous for having good quality. Which is pretty easy to understand: you keep seeing it on the well working cars. So it's an OK car...
Nothing about it had goofy/silly implications.
It also predates pretty much everyone on this forum (and the foobar term), so it wouldn't qualify for "you have to experience it for yourself"
- thaumasiotes 2y agoNo, OK is an abbreviation of "oll korrect", one example of a popular fad for cute misspellings... from the early 19th century. Did you really believe that one person handled quality control for everything?
- sanbor 2y agoDuring that time it was also the initials of “Old Kinderhook”, which was the nickname of US President Martin van Buren[1]. His slogan was “Vote for OK” and congresman might ask “Did you get OK?” (Was this approved by Van Buren?). [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-one-man-discovered-the-obscure-origins-of-the-word-ok-180953258/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-one-man-discov...