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The word "OK" is used virtually unchanged across nearly every language in the world, yet its origins were debated for a long time.

What is the most well-documented explanation for how "OK" came to be, as established by linguistic historians?

In 1839, a U.S. newspaper jokingly misspelled "all correct" as "oll korrect" and abbreviated it to "OK"
"OK" first appeared in the Boston Morning Post in March 1839, then spread nationwide during the 1840 presidential election, propelled by candidate Martin Van Buren's nickname "Old Kinderhook (OK)."
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