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• a-okay, AOK, A-OK

語源

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".

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌeɪ.əʊˈkeɪ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌeɪ.oʊˈkeɪ/
• 韻: -eɪ
• ハイフネーション: A-o‧kay

形容詞

A-okay (comparative more A-okay, superlative most A-okay)

1. (colloquial) In perfect order; thoroughly acceptable. [from 1950s]

   Synonym: okay

   • 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.

   • 1970, Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley, Tarkio, "Oh Mommy"

     It says right there in the constitution,

     It's really A-okay to have a revolution,

     When the leaders that you choose

     Really don't fit their shoes.

   • 2013, Kacey Musgraves, My House:

     Any KOA is A-OK as long as I'm with you.

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• Ayako