okey-dokey
See also: okeydokey and okey dokey
English
Alternative forms
- hokiedokie
- hokie dokie
- hokie-dokie
- OK-DK (initialism)
- OK DK (initialism)
- OKDK (initialism)
- oke-dokee
- oke dokee
- okedokee
- okeedokee
- okee-dokee
- okee dokee
- okey dokey
- okeydokey
- okie-doke
- okie-dokes
- okiedokie
- okie-dokie
- okie dokie
- oky-dokey
- oky dokey
- okydokey
- okydoky
- oky doky
- oky-doky
Etymology
Reduplication and modification of okay. First attested in the 1930s.
Pronunciation
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Interjection
okey-dokey
- (colloquial) An exclamation of accordance; okay, OK.
- 2020 August 13, Chris Kula, “Envoys” (11:35 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks[1], season 1, episode 2, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero):
- “Ensign, the bridge is yours. Be gentle but attentive. Get her where she needs to be. Guide her home.” “Okeydokey. (chuckles) Uh, maintain course.” (all screaming) (alarm blaring)
- 2024 December 2, Shana Gohd & Paul Simms, “Come Out and Play” (15:33 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows[2], season 6, episode 9, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):
- “Okey dokey. I just got off the phone with Gizmo and gave him our locaysh.”
Derived terms
- okey-dokey artichokey
- 'keydokey
Translations
variant of OK
Adjective
okey-dokey (comparative more okey-dokey, superlative most okey-dokey)
- (colloquial) Okay, OK.
- 1985, Cathie Linz, chapter 11, in Tender Guardian, Large Print edition, Thorndike, Me.: G.K. Hall & Co., published 1996, →ISBN, page 212:
- “Hi, Maria. How are you?” “Okey-dokey and Clarissa’s okey-dokey too!”
- 1990, Ronald Frame, “Un Homme et une Femme”, in Bluette, Sevenoaks, Kent: Sceptre, published 1991, →ISBN, part I (Aquae-Regis), page 76:
- Feeling okey-dokey, Audrey? Why don’t you hop in?
- 2004, Linda Lehmann Masek, chapter 13, in The Poison Tree, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Books, →ISBN, page 117:
- “Are you okey-dokey, Jo?” a high-pitched, childish voice piped up.