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oll korrect

intj

Etymology

A deliberate, humorous corruption of all correct, dating from the 1830s, recognized as one of several possible origins for the term OK.

Definitions

  1. All right

    All right; okay.

    • It is a curious fact that the telegraph clerks in England and America employ the letters ‘O. K.,’ when they send a telegram that a message has been received Oll Korrect.
    • "My Lord!" exclaimed Levin; "that's twenty-five dollars, ain't it, sir?"
    • When faced with the problem of toponymic derivatives, I turn to Prof. Allen Walker Read, the etymologist who tracked down the source of O.K. (Oll korrect, not Old Kinderhook - stop writing me about this. O.K.?)

  2. Alternative form of oll korrect.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for oll korrect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA