M'kay

//mːˈkeɪ// intj, slang

intj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling mkay informal

    "In these tutoring sessions we have found that, when the tutor agrees with the student’s displayed understanding, her signal of confirmation comes quickly after the student’s turn, as in: S. Mkay. hh. And I know it’s negative, just to follow your thought process, because I know that the sine is positive."

  2. 2
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling mmkay informal

    "C: I want you to re:st (.) re:st (.) as much as you can do (.) is just re:st (.) hhh when >you go< home (.) >you tell< your husband you make dinner honey (.) hhh you take care of me (.) . . . I need >to set< down (.) I need >to rest< (.) P: mmkay (.) C: and >get down< (.) watch your sodium (.) the salt="

  3. 3
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling mmmkay informal

    "1999, “It's Easy, MMMKay.” [title, in soundtrack] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"

  4. 4
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling m’kay informal

    "I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anybody, not even the missus, m’kay?"

  5. 5
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling mm-kay informal

    "She didn’t ask what that was supposed to mean, but tallied a while on her fingertips and obliged him. “Mm-kay, bye.”"

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  1. 6
    Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.; spelling mmm-kay informal

    "“Well, I’m going to take a picture of your arm and then this nice doctor is going to fix it for you, okay?” “Mmm-kay.”"

Synonyms

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ok

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"In these tutoring sessions we have found that, when the tutor agrees with the student’s displayed understanding, her signal of confirmation comes quickly after the student’s turn, as in: S. Mkay. hh. And I know it’s negative, just to follow your thought process, because I know that the sine is positive."

Etymology

Nasalized variant of okay. Perhaps popularized by Mr. Mackey's catchphrase in South Park; earlier, apparently chiefly in linguistic transcriptions of speech.

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