oll korrect

== English == === Alternative forms === Oll Korrect === Etymology === A deliberate, humorous corruption of all correct, dating from the 1830s, recognized as one of several possible origins for the term OK. === Interjection === oll korrect (idiomatic, dated) All right; okay. 1869, Charles Godfrey Leland, Hans Breitmann's Barty and other Ballads, John Camden Hotten, p. 43 (Google preview): It is a curious fact that the telegraph clerks in England and America employ the letters ‘O. K.,’ when they send a telegram that a message has been received Oll Korrect. 1884, George Alfred Townsend, The Entailed Hat, or Patty Cannon's Times, Harper & Brothers, p. 182 (Google preview): "My Lord!" exclaimed Levin; "that's twenty-five dollars, ain't it, sir?" "Oll korrect, Levin." ==== Usage notes ==== As is the case with the term OK, oll korrect may also be used as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. === References ===