a-okay
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A-okay¹
- /ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ/ UK
- /ˌeɪ.oʊˈkeɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
First attested in 1952 in the US, popularized in the 1960s by John A. Powers as NASA's public affairs officer for Project Mercury: the "voice of Mercury Control". Intensive form of okay, presumably "all [systems] okay".
adjective more A-okay · most A-okay · a-okay · AOK · A-OK
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In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
1952, advertisement by Midvac Steels. "The Golden Age of Advertising - the 50s", p. 57, Ed. Jim Heimann, Taschen 2005.
A-OK for tomorrow's missile demands.
Similar: okay
a-okay²
adjective more a-okay · most a-okay
- Alternative letter-case form of A-okay
Talk about this word "a-okay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/a-okay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. a-okay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/a-okay "a-okay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/a-okay.Cite this
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title = {a-okay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/a-okay},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
