A-okay
/ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ/ · adj
Meaning
- In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable.
Etymology / origin
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".
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