OK
McSweeney, Michelle OK" as a word accepts proposals, describes the world as satisfactory (but not good), provides conversational momentum, or even agrees (or disagrees). OK as an object, however, tells a story of how technology writes itself into language, permanently altering communication. OK is a young word, less than 200 years old. Today it is spoken and written by nearly everyone in the world. Drawing on linguistics, history, and new media studies, Michelle ...