Posts tagged with ‘slang’

  • This Day in History March 23, 1839

    By Ruth on March 23, 2013
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    I kind of find this one funny.  On this date in 1839, the term “OK” entered our vernacular in the printed form.   The Boston Morning Post was talking about the Anti Bell-Ringing Society that took a trip, and they used the term “OK” as a substitute for “oll correct,” a popular misspelling of “all correct.”  Allen Walker Reed was the […]