The expression "oki-doki" appears frequently in chat rooms and forums. For people who are familiar with the Internet, this youth slang is quite understandable, but there are also users who, when faced with it, get lost, not knowing how to react to it.
What does "oki-doki" mean?
"Okie-doki" is a variant of the word "ok" (OK). This expression comes to us from American English and serves as a playful expression of agreement with something. It sounds bold, deliberately self-confident, which is typical for youth and Internet slang. Language is a mobile, constantly evolving organism. It is common for people to come up with new words based on the rhythmic sound of already known words. This is how the "oki-docks" appeared. To express agreement in the Russian language, they often use just “oki” and even “okyushki”, or the abbreviation “ok”. The Americans went further.
The very word "ok" is already considered obsolete in the English language. It is officially recognized by the word as a parasite, as it is repeated hundreds of times throughout the day in any situation - from everyday to formal. A kind of modernization of this expression became the neologisms "oki-doki artichokes" and "oki-doki smoky". It is curious that such informal vocabulary is used even by officials. The famous politician Hillary Clinton even had to apologize for the frequent use of such vocabulary at official events.
There is one more meaning of the expression "oki-doki", limited to use only in the United States and appeared in the 90s. 20th century. Sometimes "oki-doki" is used as a reaction to the absurdity of what is said or distrust of what is said. Depending on the intonation with which this common phrase is pronounced, it can be interpreted as a lack of understanding by the interlocutor of what you are talking about or as a polite disagreement and a desire to dispute what was said. But, of course, you need to take into account the context in which "oki-doki" was used.
Oki-Doki origin and application
The expression "oki-doki" first appeared in the print edition of American Speech in 1932. The Americans liked its sound so much that other versions appeared with a change in spelling. The official US English spelling is "okey-dokey". Alternate versions include the following spellings: "okay-doke", "okey-doke", "okee-doke", etc. The character of the popular animated series "The Simpsons" Ned Flanders coined the adverb "okely-dokely".
In general, "oki-docks" can be written without a hyphen, because often the official spelling rules do not apply to vocabulary related to slang or informal. The appearance of the expression "oki-doki" provided an opportunity for writers and literary men to play with the characters of their characters, to reveal the personality of the hero to a greater extent. In both American and world modern literature, authors of books use it in order to emphasize the perky, daring character of the heroes, their belonging to youth culture, carelessness, disregard or indifference to anything, and in many other cases.