Why “OK” Is America’s Most Useful and Compact Invention

BOOK REVIEW by Mark Peters - "OK: The Improbable Story of America’s Greatest Word" by Allan Metcalf.

In anticipation of your “huh?” you have to understand that abbreviations, especially humorous abbreviations, were in vogue in Boston at the time, kind of like our current world of LOL, ROTFL, and ZOMG. This trend produced many unsuccessful terms such as OW—an OK-like term for...