Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete spelling of duck, duck.
- n. A deep dint or furrow.
- n. A contusion.
- n. A small brook.
- n. A flaw in a boys' marble.
Examples
“November 20th, 2009 2: 50 pm ET it seems to me if you are black and a member of congress. "you will be geared for failure" set up for the okey doke ..... while the fbi let folks like palin skate and paul bremmer and the vanishing 9 billion dollars go up in smoke w/o a word. and EVERYONE is mumb about.”
“Good for LL Cool J for speak out and not playing the okie doke for Faux Nutwork.”
“We could have taken the okie-doke route and been forgotten about.”
“Obama has invented a phrase for actions that smack of politics-as-usual: okey-doke.”
“Of the liberal charge, Obama thundered: "Don't let them run that 'okey doke' on you.”
“In short, their support for him will last as long as he is content to merely repeat the American okee-doke.”
Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke
“Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke:”
Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke
“From the beginning the Press has conspired in perpetuating what the sadly departed and sorely missed George Carlin called the American Okee-doke, the pretty lies and comforting half-truths that our corporate overseers use to keep us in line by getting us to accept the illusion that all is well in this great Republic of ours, feeding us, as Carlin says in his last concert for HBO, "just enough bullshit to hold things together.”
Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke
“Editorial pages were devoted to the American Okee-doke.”
Franklin Roosevelt, Barack Obama, and the American Okee-doke
“Don't fall for the oke doke, the media trying to spin this.”
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grant_barrett This word was chosen as Wordnik word of the day. Nov 11, 2009