Another popular false origin of OK comes from the American Civil War (1861-1865) which says that soldiers returning from battle would report "0K" (zero killed). And there's a few from around the world, too. Like the Greek "όλα καλά (óla kalá) which means "all good," the Scottish "och aye," which means "oh yes," and even a French-named seaport in Haiti, Aux Cayes. While these are all pretty interesting and might indicate why "OK" was so easily adapted into language worldwide, none of them can actually be traced in their influence the way "oll korrect" can. Neat. - Coleman

@ikemarthlinkrich

5 жыл бұрын

I knew the 0 kill was bs, cause it doesn't make sense Like it makes less sense than the naming of Twitch emotes

@annafilou

5 жыл бұрын

I'm Greek and was told that O.K. came from Greek people who would send packages to their relatives in America or other countries and would write OK on them as a code that all was well back home. I never believed it 100% but always thought there's a good chance it's true because "all good" is pretty much the meaning of OK.

@MrSkopelos27

5 жыл бұрын

I finished watching the video, scrolled down to post a comment about us Greeks claiming that the origin is Greek and lo and behold, you have mentioned it. Nice.

@shet0011

5 жыл бұрын

But then why do people write "okay"?

@MrMisanthrope_

5 жыл бұрын

@@shet0011 OK or okay???

Are you telling me that "ok" is a meme made by ye olde shitposters

@hehe12748

5 жыл бұрын

Ye boai

@breadking2601

4 жыл бұрын

👌🏻

@MusicNPeace

4 жыл бұрын

History repeats...

@odette4059

4 жыл бұрын

idk y i laughed at this😂

@diyhappiness9517

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

so a meme in 1830 became the most used word in the world

@keithotinkorang802

5 жыл бұрын

Teixeira lol

@rayenkiwi

5 жыл бұрын

And that's the power of memes even before the Internet

@hicclesilly

5 жыл бұрын

Teixeira next will come yeet

@Darcyyyyyyyyyyy

5 жыл бұрын

And on the moon😆

@audreywhalen5141

5 жыл бұрын

twosquirrelly you know that’s not how it works right? English was not the first language, and I doubt that’s how language was created.

"Okay" is a magical word. It transcends language barriers. You could watch a movie in almost any language and still hear the word "okay". It requires no translation. You might not know how to say "yes" or "no" in another language, but you always know how to say "okay".

@treebit

Жыл бұрын

окей

@justanotherupscaspirant8837

Жыл бұрын

None of the 3 other languages i speak uses the Latin alphabet. Still you say 'Okay' and everybody understands it. We even write it in our scripts, though not that popular. So yeah, 'Okay' is freaking universal

@Dwight784

Жыл бұрын

​@@JamesXylight everyone that speaks hebrew knows ok, stop the nonsense

@JamesXylight

Жыл бұрын

@@Dwight784 I just realized that "okay" and "ok" are different

@halloweenfan158

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesXylightthey are the same word

So how did we end up with the notion that “okay” is the technically correct spelling of ok? I need a sequel to this video

@1ia802

Жыл бұрын

i feel like any lengthening of a word just makes it seem more formal, plus we shorten words a lot in the english language but lengthen it to their actual spelling for more professional use. (bro) i guess since the origins were confused and people didnt really professionally type with abbreviations people just thought to legnthen it to a "real word"

@christophercooper6731

Жыл бұрын

You just need somebody to tell you that *both* are technically correct spellings of okay.

@thebettafish3239

Жыл бұрын

@@christophercooper6731 Ok :)

@sweetestaphrodite

Жыл бұрын

@@1ia802 Noooo. The more formal spelling of 'ok'/'okay' has always been O.K. I see that kind of spelling in important pieces of writing.

@1ia802

Жыл бұрын

@@sweetestaphrodite no i know that lol but like people texting try to be more polite by saying okay instead of ok

Kids: OK Adults: Okay Legends: K Ultra Legends: Kay Gods: _Oll KoRReCt_

@TRXLLGE

4 жыл бұрын

Even further beyond : Boomer

@cielphantomhive7368

4 жыл бұрын

How about Otey? 😂

@TheMogul23

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the level above Gods. Scots: Och Aye.

@sreejanthakur8410

4 жыл бұрын

Me:potassium

@chuckmcmicheal558

4 жыл бұрын

Me: whatever..

18th Century: Oll Korrect 19th Century: OK 20th Century: Okay 21st Century: K

@caltheuntitled8021

3 жыл бұрын

It started in the 1830s, which would mean it started in the 19th century

@yesnoyeswait4306

3 жыл бұрын

2200: People are too tired to even say k.

@caltheuntitled8021

3 жыл бұрын

@A They literally said in the video that the fad of misspelling things and then abbreviating it started in the 1830s. Presumably, people would have written and said “all correct” before then, if anything.

@caltheuntitled8021

3 жыл бұрын

@A Unless the deliberate misspelling has history beyond the trend of misspelled abbreviations in the 1800s (which would have had to existed exclusively in print), “oll korrect” wouldn’t have existed at all prior to the abbreviation.

@caltheuntitled8021

3 жыл бұрын

@A Exactly, OK and “Oll Korrect” were created at the same time, and that time was the 1830s, or the 19th century.

I'm pretty sure that the word "OK" exists in almost every language. It's fascinating how universal it is.

"Annie are you OK? Are you OK, Annie?" This clip from the song especially shows how recognizable the word is. First responders in CPR and First Aid classes are often trained to immediately ask "Are you OK." Not 'all right' or 'awake' or 'hurt', but 'OK' because a non-English speaking victim will likely recognize the word.

In 2126 “Why do we ‘lul’”

@stevienguyen2047

4 жыл бұрын

The REALLY funny thing is that is totally plausible.

@FiSH-iSH

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr lol

@beatboxcentral776

4 жыл бұрын

42069: Why do we not use boomer?

@ikiuia7804

4 жыл бұрын

Phil Ochs it’s lol

@kafir1337

4 жыл бұрын

@@ikiuia7804 lul

I’m so glad we got “ok” instead of “ac”

@users9722

3 жыл бұрын

All correct😂

@millie_0

3 жыл бұрын

Ac

@theAcum

3 жыл бұрын

Or "AK"

@greenme770

2 жыл бұрын

Air conditioner

@DiggyPT

2 жыл бұрын

@@greenme770 thats what i was thinking

That dude who wrote "ok" on Boston morning post should get a Noble peace prize and Most influential person award

@heyborttheeditor1608

2 ай бұрын

This video is wrong. Okay actually comes from the Choctaw word “okeh” look at Jim Fay’s PhD work in 2007

I remember a moment where I was struck with the importance of this word. When I was in a small rural town here in México and at the grocery store, the owner, a +60 year old man with not a gram of english language. He used OK in his own internal monologue, not even thinking about it. It kind of got me thinking about the origins of this word and how its is now part or every language.

@heyborttheeditor1608

2 ай бұрын

This video is wrong. Okay actually comes from the Choctaw work “okeh” look at Jim Fay’s PhD work in 2007

@J0seph13

Ай бұрын

​@@heyborttheeditor1608*word

So "OK" is one of the oldest memes that have survived to this day.

@incorrecteingave857

4 жыл бұрын

Well memes have always been around. The word "meme" is just new.

@ishant2009

4 жыл бұрын

@@incorrecteingave857 meme is also a very old word

@incorrecteingave857

4 жыл бұрын

@@ishant2009 How old?

@notthemlgtom494

4 жыл бұрын

Nahh throwing pommel is the oldest meme.

@adapple7518

4 жыл бұрын

language is a meme

KZread at 3 am: Wanna know why we say Ok? Me: Ok.

@auroralee

4 жыл бұрын

I'm back after this "Ok Boomer" nightmare. Seems appropriate

@lolopcallulu3082

4 жыл бұрын

Lol me.

@AcrobattAustralia

4 жыл бұрын

What if it’s spelt “okay”

@diaazalayna9123

4 жыл бұрын

@@AcrobattAustralia emm...🤔 ....ok!

@sooryaprakash6390

4 жыл бұрын

True!

I love videos like these that explain in detail things we usually wonder all the time

@heyborttheeditor1608

2 ай бұрын

This video is wrong. Okay actually comes from the Choctaw word “okeh” look at Jim Fay’s PhD work in 2007

O.K. = ohne Korrektur (="without correction" in German). German editors used this abbreviation when checking articles for newspapers. I read this in another book about German words that are used in other languages like Kaffeepaussi ("coffee" break) in Finnish, Brandmauer (firewall) in Russian, Dach (roof) in Ukrainian, le Waldsterben (forest death) in French, le Neinsager (someone who says no) in Swiss French and so on.

@heyborttheeditor1608

2 ай бұрын

Okay actually comes from the Choctaw word “okeh” look at Jim Fay’s PhD work in 2007

So it was just a meme that got taken too far

@hcrdfju4954

5 жыл бұрын

Dantoxism a 18xx "meme"

@BothHands1

5 жыл бұрын

Yup lol

@connorp3030

5 жыл бұрын

Since memes were just banned I wonder if we'll be able to say "ok" in Europe

@jag3596

5 жыл бұрын

No, it was a meme that died so hard, normies are still using it hundreds of years later.

@SweetCupcakeBetty

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, you re right

vox : we are running out of ideas me : ok vox : yes.

@succme1229

4 жыл бұрын

its actually a really interesting case of linguistics.

@retardpillprovider492

4 жыл бұрын

WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!!

@user-nj9uo6ql2f

3 жыл бұрын

ok

@fliegendeluftwaffeli835

3 жыл бұрын

Vox be like: Oh my gott, what an idea! Why didn't I think of that?

The word OK is so amazing and great video Vox :]

@JackebBee-iz7qi

Ай бұрын

Is vox as strong as he purports? Or is it based on his supports?

That's so interesting. I always wondered. It's fascinating to know that silly language fads were coming into use so long ago.

150 Years from now. Future : Why do we say LOL?

@ard-janvanetten1331

4 жыл бұрын

This is already a normal word in dutch

@cybersyngang6247

4 жыл бұрын

For any historians: It's from the Dutch word "lol" obviously. It means "fun."

@bluecollarmenproductions

4 жыл бұрын

Lawwwwwl

@potatochips5282

4 жыл бұрын

It took texting to get people today to do the same thing..lol

@adrimay

4 жыл бұрын

CyberSynGang lol stands for laughing out loud

So, OK was basically an ancient meme.

@nitishsaxena1372

4 жыл бұрын

1800s isn't really 'ancient'.

@colltonrighem

4 жыл бұрын

Nitish Saxena It certainly is in the sense of memes.

@nitishsaxena1372

4 жыл бұрын

@@colltonrighem I remember it like yesterday.

@Lika_Cha

4 жыл бұрын

And probably every word made in today's generation will be considered as an *ancient meme* later on the future

@garywilliams6124

4 жыл бұрын

@@colltonrighem ancient for a meme is like 4 years, for one that is centuries old, I would say "primordial"

So basically an inside joke turned into a meme that defined history. That's kool

You are right this “word” now features heavily in languages across the world. I had looked in the past, out of idle curiosity, and found very little substantive explanation of the origins. This is really very interesting. I might suggest the two world wars with the movement of US troops around the world help to spread its use.

So "OK" is an old meme?.. OK

@2Kaleb

5 жыл бұрын

The oldest of old

@illmalice9089

5 жыл бұрын

First meme?

@kyanysh3170

5 жыл бұрын

Would the oldest meme be the idea of forming groups of people? That would cover tribes and maybe early to modern civ

@bimbo9334

5 жыл бұрын

_Vintage memes_

@nasheetahmed

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

Me: I want some mind blowing facts Vox: OK

@chilelimon3397

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao underrated comment

@adriangabriellabadan626

5 жыл бұрын

Marissa Bustamante thanks mate, have a nice day 👍

@brandyf1932

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, good one!

@brandyf1932

4 жыл бұрын

@@adriangabriellabadan626 Ok mate!!

@LeonardoRiglietti

4 жыл бұрын

This comment is pure genius

A second part of this video explaining why it is also the most recognisable and used word in so many different languages would be amazing.

One of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.

And I thought O.K. was a shortcut for 'okay'

@rigobertogarza7945

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is

@TarigonTetradactyl

5 жыл бұрын

okey

@catatonicbug7522

5 жыл бұрын

That's backward. Okay is the phonetic, full spelling of what appears to English speakers as an acronym. "OK" came first, and people tried to make it into a "full" word with extra letters.

@bubbly7137

5 жыл бұрын

Okay is the long cut for ok 😂

@pjruff1453

5 жыл бұрын

I really hope it just kidding😂

Ok

@sherls918

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@bluecandle4327

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@Nugcon

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@kakao2273

3 жыл бұрын

ok

@rvcpcy2827

3 жыл бұрын

ok

Very interesting! Well worth the time spent watching this; thanks for the video.

I actually wondered where it came from. THANK YOU!

150 years from now: “Why do We Say ‘LOL’”

@nir_stern02

5 жыл бұрын

It's short for lollygagging which means spending time doing things that are not useful or serious. It's mistakenly believed to be abbreviations of Laughing Out Loud but that was proven to be false by the Urban Dictionary entry dating to 2010 BCE written by the renowned author xx_p*ssyslayer69420_xx

@SerenityFeueropal

5 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling ASAP might be a more likely candidate.

@nir_stern02

5 жыл бұрын

@@SerenityFeueropal ASAP is a misspelled combination of the words "hey sup" which were used as an informal version of the greeting "hello". The reason it was used as an encouragement word to hasten a certain task was that the short yet informal nature of the word conveyed the lack of time and the need to hurry in a friendly fashion to show the other person that you trust him to complete this task at time as if he's your friend

@carlosalvarez4994

5 жыл бұрын

YOLO

@nir_stern02

5 жыл бұрын

@@carlosalvarez4994 YOLO is a compound word of "you low" which means "you're aiming low" to inform someone that you think his ambitions are to low and that he should dare to do now with his life, often by doing so yourself

I think "Knuff Ced" was the most unexpected part of this video

@iamjcastt

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@whatrtheodds

5 жыл бұрын

That's true OW.

@prettygreenmaiden8793

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, these old dudes had style

@ickeausberlin36

5 жыл бұрын

Gives a whole nother meaning to KFC.

@EknonCo

5 жыл бұрын

ickeausberlin36 Knuff Fokken' Ced!

I appreciate the little clip from Mtv's The State!!

What an excellent video!!

This whole time I thought OK was shorthand for Okay, but OK preceded okay

@paperblackwriter

3 жыл бұрын

exactly what i was thinking

@raykellysiler8759

3 жыл бұрын

I wish it would have explained why the “ay” was added.

@RasakBlood

3 жыл бұрын

@@raykellysiler8759 Because its english. If anything is spelled as it sounds or is just simple and easy to learn then it must be destroyed and several seemingly random letters added for no reason.

@shehannanayakkara4162

3 жыл бұрын

Same reason people sometimes say emcee and deejay instead of MC and DJ.

@yeriina4198

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

So ok is basically a historic meme

@100Grand4eva

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@willsuttie3683

5 жыл бұрын

? All words are.

@narwhal5447

5 жыл бұрын

OK

@eldermillennial8330

5 жыл бұрын

Will Suttie Mmm, not quite. If I have Dawkins thesis on the matter pegged, the difference between a meme word and a regular one, is that regular ones have no conscience, pinpointable origin, they just evolved very slowly over enormous spans of time. A meme is a deliberate, initially inorganic fashion inserted into the cultural zeitgeist That THEN becomes an organic force with lasting power.

@Lexender

5 жыл бұрын

@@eldermillennial8330 No, a meme being a meme comes from the spreading, wheter it was created with an intention or not, as long as it has the capacity of self replication it is a meme. So yeah all words are actually memes.

Good video, as usual, Coleman!

Superbly done.

So you're telling me OK was created by a meme

@thecrap17yearsago35

5 жыл бұрын

Huskie no ok is a meme 💯 😂😂

@phil_cassidy

5 жыл бұрын

Every single idea that can be passed on from one person to another is a meme.

@jvrbwn6232

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

@Jayfive276

5 жыл бұрын

Language is a meme. It's understanding by the sharing of information.

@heheeheahaha5948

5 жыл бұрын

Huskie Have you even watched this video?

Hi how are you? Me: *OLL KORRECT*

@Residentlyevil0

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, my thoughts exactly

@symoneontheinternet

5 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna start saying that now xD

@andrewglinski4722

5 жыл бұрын

Oll Korrect, that was pretty funny.

@elemenopi9239

5 жыл бұрын

Oll Korrect, This is epic.

I've never thought about this question before but its good to know more about the word I frequently spoke!!

Not mentioned in the video is substituting k for c for products allows trademarking and copyrighting names and words which are phonetically in common usage.

Everyone: "Me an intellectual: Oll Korrect" Me an intellectual: •• -•-

@rejiix

3 жыл бұрын

OK boomer

@quanduong2754

3 жыл бұрын

@@rejiix ok millennial

@emilianz1354

3 жыл бұрын

•• -•- -••• - - - - - - - - • • - •

@burg3rdud33

3 жыл бұрын

I keep reading these as "Mean intellectual" because people refuse to use commas

@someone.6259

3 жыл бұрын

Oll korrect boomer

Everyone says "oll korrect boomer" But no one asks, "are you oll korrect, boomer?" 3/18/24: woah what was I doing 4 years ago

@PrinceKashyap.

4 жыл бұрын

Cause Boomers are Boomers. They don't deserve to be asked😤 (btw, looks like I'm a Boomer too😞)

@AChunkyDog

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceKashyap. I still don't understand the generational blame game.

@PrinceKashyap.

4 жыл бұрын

@@AChunkyDog I feel u mate, even I don't get it. But it's all just a meme, so don't wrap your head around it. Just enjoy the silliness and take a good laugh😃

@dr.kj10

4 жыл бұрын

Prince Kashyap boomer isnt a meme , its an actual use. People born near WWII Were called baby Boomers. Because “Boom” Ment like “Bomb boom” Its just a common term for old. Its the Boomer Humour thats funny

@PrinceKashyap.

4 жыл бұрын

@@dr.kj10 Ok Baby-boomer😊

Short, simple, fast... Ok! I'm so into those curiosities, that's awesome!

This was shockingly awesome

I am no longer saying "OK" from this day forward I shall say "Oll Korrect"

@parthmaulik

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@IdaeChop

4 жыл бұрын

Ok xoomer

@slendykidslenderkid3185

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@IdaeChop

4 жыл бұрын

@HQ Night ok aommer

@mariafe7050

4 жыл бұрын

oll korrect

Weird flex but “ok”

@GLAIVEDEVIL

5 жыл бұрын

YoNo oof

@luziastern5410

5 жыл бұрын

weird flex, but oll korrect

@SkzCarteruwu

5 жыл бұрын

YoNo yeet

@spooky4110

5 жыл бұрын

Ko

@fuckno.

5 жыл бұрын

yu a real one.

Well researched!

I just heard a co-worker saying "ok" as I'm watching this video haha, and I'm from Portugal. Truly a universal word.

the writers at vox take their shower thoughts to a whole new level

@Gentapi5

3 жыл бұрын

I hate to be this person but *their

@Rydrew05

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gentapi5 ok

@bait5257

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rydrew05 ok

@lookaschewa9917

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@mimurosoop784

3 жыл бұрын

@@bait5257 ok

Vox : Here's a ton of information about OK Me : OK.

@danielphendarko2651

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@saltymarshmallow1932

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@savethetrees702

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@shinyboy7777

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

A question I never thought about always turns out to be the most interesting.

i love videos like this

A couple of boiz who took a meme way too far

@mathcrazyow6646

5 жыл бұрын

Then deep fried words

@josk8319

5 жыл бұрын

what they did was Korrect

@jetlaeg4046

5 жыл бұрын

@@josk8319 it was Oll Korrekt

@josk8319

5 жыл бұрын

@@jetlaeg4046 shush child

@mrclueuin

5 жыл бұрын

LOL 😄

The biggest meme out there was hiding under our noses this hole time

@thatguyman6044

5 жыл бұрын

K

@kir3167

5 жыл бұрын

exaxtly what i thought too lol

@lepiee

5 жыл бұрын

ok

I’ve wondered about this for yearrssss

Strongbad!!!! I cannot believe this video referenced Homestar Runner at the beginning. It's even from the Trogdor episode. OMG. I am so happy. 😂😂😂❤❤

in year 2069 : why we “UwU”

@inox1ck

4 жыл бұрын

John Bradley DID SOMEONE SAY UwU?!

@aesxop

4 жыл бұрын

owo what’s this?

@RyanCya

4 жыл бұрын

Aesxop that would be an owo

@aesxop

4 жыл бұрын

Jelloette ok thanks👍

@yoshiblade7555

4 жыл бұрын

can we do that NOW

2018: Why we say "OK" 2050: Why we say "Oof" 2100: Why we say "E"

@angelilachica5231

5 жыл бұрын

Danial W. I think for that last one you meant “O”

@srishtilakhotia8832

5 жыл бұрын

E?

@josephhugotjiong6741

5 жыл бұрын

2115: why we say "Yeet"

@josephhugotjiong6741

5 жыл бұрын

@@srishtilakhotia8832 its a meme, that died a year ago

@srishtilakhotia8832

5 жыл бұрын

@@josephhugotjiong6741 yeah, but what does (or did) it mean?

Can you imagine when you back to the time where "ok" not exist and then you say "ok" to someone

after watching these kind of videos, I feel like I know everything

are you _oll korrect?_

@creathechiboi

5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@creathechiboi

5 жыл бұрын

Oll korrect

@TheDeadMeme27

5 жыл бұрын

rei LOL yes.

@jaskii6879

5 жыл бұрын

No. You are all all left

@jaskii6879

5 жыл бұрын

"X X X X"

It's legit just a meme

@ThatsPrettyFunnyMan

5 жыл бұрын

what kind of meme lasts more than 2 weeks?

@rednexo4903

5 жыл бұрын

Rondo true most a week

@ubberJakerz

5 жыл бұрын

look up the legit definition of meme, by Richard Dawkins coinage.

@Raxilla

5 жыл бұрын

Those 19th century dandies wwould have felt right at home in Modern Kekistan.

@robinj9510

5 жыл бұрын

Rondo robbie rotten

Oh the tone and inflection used when saying those two letters conveys so much. Especially if a teenager says it and adds and eyerolls. Like OK.....eyeroll.....boomer. I prefer alrighty then or okely dokely.

These videos hurt my brain but also fill it

*Mentions how K used to replace C's in advertising* Me: Oh, so THAT'S why it's spelt the Krusty Krab

@hayosiko9119

4 жыл бұрын

Sponge Boy Me Bob!

@ThatDamnRaccoon

4 жыл бұрын

MORTAL KOMBAT

imagine being an ✨intellectual✨ from the 1830s and sharing a joke about a made up abbreviation to your friend in boston, unknowing that you just made one of the most popular words in english

@cats4ever416

4 жыл бұрын

-ˏˋ mayaaa ˎˊ- Its also a word in Hebrew , and in most spoken languages

@chillimitski243

4 жыл бұрын

Just in english ? I am Brazilian and I always say ok when I am speaking my language

@miah5050

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the most common used word in the WORLD

@stevienguyen2047

4 жыл бұрын

Most popular word in human history*

@sadkaori5678

4 жыл бұрын

Same here in german

This is so awesome! OK is universal

I love this so much ♥️

So this is actually a 1800s viral meme that stuck forever!

@jonultime

5 жыл бұрын

Probably how LOL is gonna in 100 years

@gabrielborjas7923

5 жыл бұрын

Michael McNamara hahaha trueee

@neomcdoom

5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ajdhjaoakdn2ndgoogleaccoun929

5 жыл бұрын

Papa bless

@twoods265

5 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Borjas Garcia don’t you mean lol?

So OK is an eternal meme?

@Quantumsomething

5 жыл бұрын

I'd say yes

@blixxyn

5 жыл бұрын

:0

@gwyn.

5 жыл бұрын

OK

@user-ti2xi9bd4u

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

@robinchesterfield42

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Meme that went mainstream. Technically ANY cultural idea that spreads counts as a (successful) meme, including stuff like "how to make fire" and "the wheel". But in the modern, slangy sense of the word "meme"? Yeah, "OK" is totally one of those.

replied with "Ok" to the "cut it out" in the end

You say: *OK* I say: *Okay* _we are not the same_

That's why people get so nervous when people just say "K" because we don't know whether *OLL* is korrect...it is just *korrect* .

@withcheesepls

5 жыл бұрын

nunjoon k

@dominicdy727

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

@tad1706

5 жыл бұрын

K

@madesatya.k8275

5 жыл бұрын

K

@NasRashdi

5 жыл бұрын

k

"OK" the longest living meme

@zacharytaylor2983

5 жыл бұрын

Soft Taco “Goodbye” might hold that title. It began in Early Modern English as a written shorthand for the common parting phrase: “god be with ye” “God Be With Ye” God B Wi’ Ye God BW Ye Goodbye

@dirtyasianmafia2310

5 жыл бұрын

Zachary Taylor o - but goodbye doesn't have much universal meaning. Goodbye wasn't really slang. It's just a shortened word

@emersonb1664

5 жыл бұрын

| || || | _

@n1nj4l1nk

5 жыл бұрын

Tool use, farming and religion are all memes...

@mcgoldenblade4765

5 жыл бұрын

@@emersonb1664 Stop

Man I didn’t realize how much it was said as I was watching this I took a phone call. Ok was said so much! It was hard to concentrate on the actual convo.

Will never see OK the same again.

@heyborttheeditor1608

2 ай бұрын

This video is wrong. Okay actually comes from the Choctaw word “okeh” look at Jim Fay’s PhD work in 2007

If "ok" was a meme and now it is most used word, that means the word "bruh" can be most used word in the future 🤔

@myrtomatsioula1318

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, i guess it's already overused....

@LazyAndFabulous

3 жыл бұрын

It is used around the world now

@Old_Hickory_Jackson

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh 💀

@michelleobamafootcream9292

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@isntone4216

3 жыл бұрын

NO K

damn bro. we've been meming for centuries

@Andre-ld5xu

5 жыл бұрын

Estradist ok

@cheeto4869

5 жыл бұрын

Im so proud

@melonheaded

5 жыл бұрын

humans been memeing since the beginning of civilization :)

@tissuepaper9962

5 жыл бұрын

What do you think trifold paintings are man? The medieval version of like a tier 3 meme.

@tbg008

5 жыл бұрын

There is nothing new under the sun ! Everything we have today existed one way or another since the frist civilizations, even before the end of the ice age.

Using this for my next class!!!

I was hoping he would give a little about ok versus okay.

So it was a meme THAT SURVIVED... This... changes *EVERYTHING!*

@eobardthawne3333

5 жыл бұрын

Okay,

@markg8125

5 жыл бұрын

pewdiepie should review it

@Hrrocker40

5 жыл бұрын

It’ll die

@bcubed72

5 жыл бұрын

I thought all memes eventually took an arrow to the knee?

@unvergebeneid

5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to put one of those cheeky Bostonians who invented it into a time machine. It'd probably blow his mind to see their stupid joke _everywhere_ :D

1830's slang was lit, KC.

@nerfthis8744

5 жыл бұрын

KY good sir

@shafwandito4724

5 жыл бұрын

It's OW sir.

@alazrabed

5 жыл бұрын

KC indeed.

@LSK2K

5 жыл бұрын

LK

@ben10trillion

5 жыл бұрын

HG,High Ground

When did the “ay” get added? Is there a difference? Thank you! Great video!

I saw mcr in the first five seconds and that may or may not have motivated me to watch the rest of the video

Vox is the dude in class that corrects the teacher

@LUCKY-lf2jv

5 жыл бұрын

Mt. me yup

@jaimehernandez8535

5 жыл бұрын

vox: *raises hand* ackchyually

@LUCKY-lf2jv

5 жыл бұрын

Tasking Ooksse I did not want to go there

@newenglandgreenman

5 жыл бұрын

I did that😁

OK is a never ending meme.

@musicman8345

5 жыл бұрын

The only meme in history that has never died.

@ImSandwich

5 жыл бұрын

@@musicman8345 I'm guessing you've never heard of LOSS

@john_voske

5 жыл бұрын

Well, seen as the EU has passed article 13 now, it might just suddenly come to its end after all

@fireshockgamer6734

5 жыл бұрын

@@john_voske Nah it's *to* embedded I can't even make myself stop saying ok. You try srsly

@ThatsPrettyFunnyMan

5 жыл бұрын

the secret recipe for the greatest - longest running meme of all time is buried with it's maestro. godbless the first meme master for this quirky yet dankest meme.

"Okay" was the first word recorded for the Beatles' White Album sessions. (Lennon at the start of "Revolution 1").

To be there during the start of OK is wild.

I wonder if any of our current memes will be an integral part of language in a few hundred years

@kataklysmus7460

4 жыл бұрын

In a sense, lol has pretty much lost it's original meaning yet stays relevant in many forms and uses. Definitely not as big as ok but it is one of the words that has changed the most thanks to technology

@davisland1344

4 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@CeciliaLopez-ce6tc

4 жыл бұрын

@@kataklysmus7460 and it is also used in many languages, so it's kinda happening the same that happened with ok

@kenfany1

4 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@dourrookierookie775

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh

So basically 'ok' became a meme word like 'smh' or 'bruh' nowadays.

@bienangelo9161

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@Tornnnado

3 жыл бұрын

smh

@djrajo9014

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@fid.firdhaus

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh smh

@bummbunny8925

3 жыл бұрын

What's smh stands for?

now thats a fascinating video

Okie Dokie came around 1920 or so, and it WAS OK to say, and life goes on

I guess I’ll start saying “Oll korrect”

@hairyputter5363

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@joksizantos7520

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@MoskusMoskiferus1611

4 жыл бұрын

Ja

@Janeru

4 жыл бұрын

Oll korrect.

@deleted8937

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

“The Krave for K is a visual strategy” The kadarshians did research before naming their daughters huh

@foxymetroid

5 жыл бұрын

No. I'm pretty sure they thought that's how the name was actually spelled.

@thatuglything1347

4 жыл бұрын

Sri 😂😂 i just realised that

Editing a friend’s paper for school the other day he messaged me if everything was correct. I replied simply “OK” and trolled him for about an hour before explained the history of the abbreviation. He got an A on his paper, but still isn’t happy with my cheekiness