Do you know what the initials O.K. stand for?
111024
"Old Kinderhook"\n\n... but read the whole story on the website.  It's pretty interesting.
451870
Sure, but I just need to know:  what does the symbol behind the "M" stand for?
838807
Only if your last name starts with a K!
922410
Both of their names start with the letter "K"
836746
I think it MIGHT be o.k.
4700
The letters, not to keep you guessing, stand for "oll korrect." They're the result of a fad for comical abbreviations that flourished in the late 1830s and 1840s. \n\nRead buttressed his arguments with hundreds of citations from newspapers and other documents of the period. As far as I know his work has never been successfully challenged.\n\nThe abbreviation fad began in Boston in the summer of 1838 and spread to New York and New Orleans in 1839. The Boston newspapers began referring satirically to the local swells as OFM, "our first men," and used expressions like NG, "no go," GT, "gone to Texas," and SP, "small potatoes." \n\nMany of the abbreviated expressions were exaggerated misspellings, a stock in trade of the humorists of the day. One predecessor of OK was OW, "oll wright," and there was also KY, "know yuse," KG, "know go," and NS, "nuff said."\n\nMost of these acronyms enjoyed only a brief popularity. But OK was an exception, no doubt because it came in so handy. It first found its way into print in Boston in March of 1839 and soon became widespread among the hipper element. \n\nIt didn't really enter the language at large, however, until 1840. That's when Democratic supporters of Martin Van Buren adopted it as the name of their political club, giving OK a double meaning. ("Old Kinderhook" was a native of Kinderhook, New York.) \n\nOK became the warcry of Tammany hooligans in New York while beating up their opponents. It was mentioned in newspaper stories around the country.\n\nVan Buren's opponents tried to turn the phrase against him, saying that it had originated with Van Buren's allegedly illiterate predecessor, Andrew Jackson, a story that has survived to this day. They also devoted considerable energy to coming up with unflattering interpretations, e.g., "Out of Kash, Out of Kredit, and Out of Klothes." \n\nNewspaper editors and publicists around the country delighted in coming up with even sillier interpretations-- Oll Killed, Orfully Konfused, Often Kontradicts, etc.--so that by the time the campaign was over the expression had taken firm root nationwide.
275724
The o means "of".  Therefore "o'clock" means "of the clock".
447027
It might be short for "save our ship" or it might not be.  It could also be that the Morse Code characters for SOS are "... --- ..." which is very easy to send on a key and ery distinctive to hear.
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[Abbreviation of OLL KORRECT, \nslang respelling of all correct.]\n\nWORD HISTORY   OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: “frightful letters … significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, ‘all correct’ .... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions … to make all things O.K.”
584732
It stands for Walker, although there are a number of other words that come to mind:\nWarmonger\nWar Criminal\nWTF?\nWorst\nWitless\nWrong\nW@nker\nWacko\nWW III\nYou pick the best.
813016
It's believed to have been abreviated from Oll Korrect, used in Boston newspapers during the 1800's, as a deliberate misspelling of All Correct.\n\nApparently they liked using abbreviations apparently.
357706
moraki... or it can be spelled "mwraki" b/c the english "w" is the same letter as the greek "omega" which is pronounced "o" means baby.
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o_0\n\nTry that one more time
194485
From the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dits/three-dahs/three-dits, all run together. In International Morse Code, three dits form the letter S, and three dahs make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dits and dahs. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to show that there are no internal spaces when it is sent is to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. .)\n\nIn popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Souls", "Save Our Ship", and "Send out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters — something known as a backronym.
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Its an anagram. ODYSSEY is what I came up with. Look at the top of all the pages, they are scattered about... pg 55, 89, 131, etc... Ill let you find the rest on your own. :)
837153
You mean, what does it stand for?   Original Equipment Manufacturer.   That probably does not help, but here is what it really means. \n\nIf I make a computer, I can buy the Microsoft Windows system as a so-called OEM, so it becomes integrated into my product.   That means that when I buy Windows for my computers for resale, I assume all responsibilities of the software too.   So when my customers complain to me about Windows, I've got to fix it and make it right.   If they contacted Microsoft about the problem, they would have to pay for service.   It would be wise if they dealt with me directly, since I am the "Original Equipment Manufacturer".  \n\nI hope this helps.\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing.
975731
is it a greek letter?