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A-okay

//ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable. colloquial

    "1952, advertisement by Midvac Steels. "The Golden Age of Advertising - the 50s", p. 57, Ed. Jim Heimann, Taschen 2005. A-OK for tomorrow's missile demands."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of A-okay. alt-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    in perfect condition or order wordnet

Etymology

First attested in 1952 in the US, popularized in the 1960s by John A. Powers as NASA's public affairs officer for Project Mercury: the "voice of Mercury Control". Intensive form of okay, presumably "all [systems] okay".

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