10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OKEY-DOKE»
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okey-doke in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
okey-doke and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reflections in the Dark Room: The Black Essays
Okey-Doke. By now, everyone in the world has heard Jesse Jackson's on-air
comments about Barack Obama, in which he threatened to cut the presidential
candidate's testicles off. Jackson whispered this while still hooked up to a
microphone ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Sunday Times (South Africa), 4th April 2000 okey-doke noun 1 a swindle or
deception us • Ain't no nigger pimp going to put my ass in a sling. I'm too slick for
that 'Okee dOke.'— Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck). Pimp, p. 116,1969 • Forget about
...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
The Old Okey-Doke There's another not so comical meaning for okey-doke, one
that presidential candidate Barack Obama used in speaking to a predominantly
African American audience in Sumter, South Carolina, on January 23, 2008.
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Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation
28 Echoing the champ's penchant for rhyming self-promotion, Simpson named
his deceptive repertoire of fakes, shifts, starts, and pauses the okey- doke, again
popularizing "jive" black speech. The press bit hard on the term. His 1973 season
...
Susan Birrell, Mary G. McDonald, 2000
5
Colored White: Transcending the Racial Past
28 Echoing the champ's penchant for rhyming self-promotion, Simpson named
his deceptive repertoire of fakes, shifts, starts, and pauses the okey-doke, again
popularizing "jive" Black speech. The press bit hard on the term. His 1973 season
...
6
Attila: A Barbarian's Love Story
All right, say okey—doke for us. Only you can say okey—doke. Nobody else can
say okey—doke like you.” “He's going to be a doctor,” Ferenc said. “Ferenc.
Ferenc. You want to take an All—American boy who Attila: A Barbarian's Love
Story ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See next, 2. okey-doke or -poke; okey-pokey. Perversions of OK: resp. 1934,
1935, 1936. The first occurs, e.g., in Michael Harrison, All the Trees were Green,
1936.—2. (okey-doke) A wallet: (orig. and still mainly underworld) rhyming 5.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
okay oke okey-doke O.K. yah old bean Old Bill oonchook oont op open slather
O.P.M. oppo ork. 'Old Kinderhook', Martin van Buren, born at Kinderhook, NY.]
okay Also okey. orig US. adjective 1 = o.k. adjective 1.Also as adverb. 1919–.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
It's okey-doke time. That's an old Youngstown, Ohio, saying; when you go for the
old okey-doke, that's when you know something is going to happen and you let it
happen. Don't be okey- doked. Don't let yourself go cold turkey on exercise, ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
... of the GUN DOWN image, alluding to the site of a famous American gun battle
in 1881. • — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 46, 2002 okey-doke noun a swindle
or deception US, 1969 • Ain't no nigger pimp going to put my ass in a sling.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OKEY-DOKE»
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okey-doke is used in the context of the following news items.
OK, Okay, Okey-Dokey Are A-Okay
Some people say okey-dokey or okey-doke. These expressions were first used in the 1930s. Today, a character on the American television ... «VOA Learning English, Jul 15»
Donald Trump Calls Bill Cosby Guilty; TV Show Cast Confirms Rape …
"I was also angry at myself for falling for the okey-doke, of putting Bill on a pedestal." What do you think about Donald Trump weighing in on the ... «Classicalite, Jul 15»
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And so, you know, it's the same old okey-doke, crumbs off the king's table political BS that he runs to black people all the time. If he was really ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jul 15»
Joseph C. Phillips: 'Cosby Show' Co-Star Rants 'Of Course Bill …
“”I was also angry at myself for falling for the okey-doke, of putting Bill on a pedestal.” What a terrible thing to find out. Joseph is adamant that ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
Obama Addresses Cosby Rape Allegations as Petition Calls for …
I was also angry at myself for falling for the okey-doke, of putting Bill on a pedestal.” Phillips closed his column by begging Cosby to withdraw ... «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
Obama Won't Take Away Cosby's Medal of Freedom
I was also angry at myself for falling for the okey-doke, of putting Bill on a pedestal. Something changed inside me during that drive; call it the ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
Cosby Show Actor Says He Fell for the Okey-Doke: 'Of Course …
I was also angry at myself for falling for the okey-doke, of putting Bill on a pedestal," Phillips wrote. The actor spoke about the duality of men, ... «The Root, Jul 15»
Floyd: Being on 'wrong side of history' isn't something to take pride in
“I would rather be on the wrong side of history than on the wrong side of my faith and my beliefs.” Well, okey-doke. He's got plenty of company. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
To Win Black Voters, Hillary Clinton Can't Rely Upon Hope and …
They, while still viewing the current Obama presidency as a symbolic triumph, feel somehow like they fell for the okey-doke the last two times ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
My Dear Graduates
People who actually get things done are the people who look at themselves and say, “Okey-doke. There are some things I'm good at, and many ... «Patheos, May 15»
