Word: kinderhook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interested to see the origin of the expression O.K. explained as "Old Kinderhook" and then as "Oil is Korrect." Another possible explanation is that O.K. derived from World War I. Each night, soldiers would report the number of deaths in their group to their superior. Thus O.K. would stand for "0 Killed...
...disagree with Reader Franklin Courtney Ellis' letter regarding the origin of the affirmative expression O.K. [Jan. 19]. He says it stems from the first letters of "Old Kinderhook," the nickname that, according to Mr. Ellis, was given to President Martin Van Buren...