Sponsor |  alice44 | Mar 23, 2007 10:42pm | I just looked it up in the OED. Although it mentions Old K.... and the OK club 1840 -- the earliest example they cite is a year earlier
1839 C. G. GREENE in Boston Morning Post 23 Mar. 2/2 He..would have the `contribution box', et ceteras, o.k.all correctand cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward. 1839 Salem Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/3 The house was O.K. at the last concert, and did credit to the musical taste of the young ladies and gents. 1839 Boston Evening Transcript 11 Oct. 2/3 Our Bank Directors have not thought it worth their while to call a meeting, even for consultation, on the subject. It is O.K. (all correct) in this quarter.
This suggest the OK club was NOT the origin but may have helped to make it popular. |
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