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What does OK really mean?

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As far as I know, it was used years back during times of war. Soldiers used to write "O.K." which meant "0 Killed" to notify other fellow soldiers how much dead people were close to them. So basically when someone wrote "OK" it meant that everything was alright. That has been the meaning since then.

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"OK" is believed to have originated in the 1830s as an abbreviation for "oll korrect," a humorous misspelling of "all correct." It has since become a widely used term to signify agreement, acknowledgment, or approval.

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