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Okay is always a great word to know.

So is gobo. Does it mean:

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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OK definition

and okay

interj.
accepted; agreed. (Initialism. From a jocular, mispelled abbreviation Oll Kerrect.) : So, he said, like, “okay,” and, like, I go “okay.” So we both go “Okay.” Okay?
mod.
acceptable. : This cake is okay, but not what I would call first rate.
mod.
acceptably. : She ran okay—nothing spectacular.
n.
(someone's) acceptance. : I won't give the final okay until I see the plans.
tv.
to approve something. : She refused to okay our plans.
Go to ak. :

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences

Being backward is okay until you realize how modern other parts of the world has become.

Most neo-Communists, you'd probably want to help them back out onto the street to make sure they'll be okay.

People with short versions of the gene do okay when they lose sleep.

Apparently, it's okay to impugn all priests at this university.

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Matching Quote

"You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever you are? You're chicken. You've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact. People do fall in love. People do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness.""

-George Axelrod

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