Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
A-OK
English answer:
Abbreviation for "All (Is) OK"
Added to glossary by
Will Matter
Aug 31, 2006 22:35
18 yrs ago
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English term
AOK
English
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Linguistics
idiomatic use
"Everything looks AOK to me"
Maybe this is too simple a question, but what does AOK (well, A in AOK) stand for?
thanks
Maybe this is too simple a question, but what does AOK (well, A in AOK) stand for?
thanks
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| 4 +6 | All Is OK |
Will Matter
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| 5 +1 | all (equipment) okay |
Refugio
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| 3 +1 | absolutely okay |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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Will Matter
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All Is OK
This expression (which was originally an acronym) has its origins in United States military usage. I don't know if it was the Marines, the Army, the Navy or the Air Force but the origin is military and this is what it stands for. HTH.
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Comment: "thank you!"
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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absolutely okay
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-08-31 22:43:50 GMT)
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Lots of meanings in fact but here is the history:
http://www.answers.com/topic/a-ok
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-08-31 22:43:50 GMT)
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Lots of meanings in fact but here is the history:
http://www.answers.com/topic/a-ok
Peer comment(s):
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Joe L
: "Lots of meanings"? I must be getting old. I only know this one. Something else with a good double entendre, perhaps???
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| agree |
Anton Baer
: Origin is one thing, current meaning another. It means more that 'all is okay." Perfectly all right' is another variant...
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| disagree |
Refugio
: "A" does not stand for "absolutely".
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all (equipment) okay
A-ok is from the early NASA program; it stands for all equipment OK, as in perfect working order.
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-08-31 23:22:29 GMT)
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Introduced into the American vocabulary by John A. "Shorty" Powers public affairs officer for NASA in the early 1960s during Project Mercury.
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Note added at 46 mins (2006-08-31 23:22:29 GMT)
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Introduced into the American vocabulary by John A. "Shorty" Powers public affairs officer for NASA in the early 1960s during Project Mercury.
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JaneTranslates
: Yes! Brings back memories of Alan Shepard's first space flight and the awe of watching it at school (a TV! in the school!). AOK, for all OK, was NASA slang before "all systems green" and "all systems go."
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Thanks, Jane!
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