According to the History Channel on March 23, 1839 the initials O.K. were first published in The Boston Morning Post; meant as an abbreviation of “oll korrect,” a popular misspelling of “all correct.” In the 1830’s making up misspelling words and then abbreviating them to use as slang was popular among educated youth.
OMG! Educated youth made up clever acronyms in the past just like today’s kids. BTW, I wonder how else they were like us today. D0 you suppose they moved back home with their parents and, instead of saving to move out, bought fancy cars and designer clothes? The say history repeats itself. TTFN.