“OK” is Most Famous English word of Century

Washington: New Yorker Henry Nass attempts to spread the word about this internationally known word. The term is “OK,” the most commonly spoken all-purpose communication on the planet and it has turned 175 years old on March 23. First looked in print, on page two of ‘The Boston Morning Post’ one of the most widespread newspapers in the United States.

During a 19th-century abbreviation craze, the term was formed and went on to international fame, with its own hand gesture. The word is OK, possibly, but its history is positively superior than average. Whereas OK became part of the popular wordlist, its roots were disputed for more than a century. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary today, OK is used “to ask for or direct agreements, approvals or understanding” or to add highlighting to a sentence, as in “I’m going to stay here, OK?”

Allan Metcalf, an English lecturer in Illinois who is the world’s prominent authority on the term’s history and meaning said “I think OK should be celebrated with parades and speeches.” Henry Nass, a 64-year-old aged English teacher from the Upper West Side, has consumed the last few weeks handing out cards championing “Global OK Day” in advance of the coming anniversary.

Globally, OK has journeyed extraordinarily well on the sections of American popular culture. Metcalf, the executive secretary of the American Dialect Society supposed that “It’s a nice, short abbreviation and it fits abbreviations in other languages.” “It’s distinctive, yet easily pronounced and very readily understood” he added.