THE WORK O.K CELEBRATES ITS 117 BIRTHDAY
Here's how a newspaper rivalry inspired one of the most common words in English
The word ‘ok’ first appeared in print177 years ago on Wednesday, as a jab thrown in a rivalry between Boston and Providence newspapers.
The use of the two letters (or the fully-spelled version, ‘okay’) has spread around the world to indicate varying states of positivity. But theBoston Morning Post writer of a short item firing back at some snark from the Providence Journal likely had little knowledge that the joke would resonate through the ages.
Here’s first appearance of the word ‘ok’ took place on March 23, 1839, asAtlas Obscura writes today:
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