Q from an old outta the loop phart: WTF does "m'kay" mean?

[karlrschneider]

I see this written from place to place and I have no idea what it
signifies...is it some kind of weird mutation of "okay"? (Gawd, I feel like an idiot having to ask..)

:eyes:

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Kind of a cross between "okay" and "mmm HMM"

Immortalized by the Mr. Mackey character on South Park.

[Adams Wulff]

2. Start watching "South Park"

M'kay?

[Catch22Dem]

4. HAHAHAHA

Yeah

[karlrschneider]

5. OMG....I saw that show for the first time about 2 days ago! Didn't make

the connection...(still trying to learn the dialect) :D

[Catch22Dem]

3. You nailed it

Basically when you're feeling lazy when saying "okay" and you kinda mumble the beginning, it comes out sounding like "m'kay"

[karlrschneider]

7. Ah. I feel a modicum of vindication...but the quality of diction

that seems to be in vogue is a bit worrisome. :eyes: :D

[Catch22Dem]

9. Indeed it is.

You're from Oklahoma though. You should be witnessing the demise of proper diction on a daily basis. :evilgrin:

[swag]

6. expresses skepticism in order to move forward in time past

an incomprehensibility.

m'kay (expletive)

[karlrschneider]

8. Aha! So it's the verbal equivalent of

:eyes: !

:D

[swag]

11. Oh, okay. I never know what the smiley deals say. My eyes avoid them.

I really need to look at that smiley thing more. And at that mouth hole on people that makes endless noises and goes into funny shapes. But I have little talent for looking at that, let alone understanding it. But maybe the computer smiley ones I should try.

Thank you for drawing a helpful link between verbal and on-line expression.

[giant_robot]

10. Mr. Mackey

Here's the guy post #1 refers to....mmm'kay?

[Madrone]

12. Drugs are bad

mmmm'kay?

[stevans_41902]

13. the character is based off of the school counselor

of trey parker (one of the creators of south park) who always used to say m'kay after everything he said.

[Hissyspit]

14. I first made fun of it when I taught class, and then I caught myself doing

it unthinkingly.

"We become what we mock."


(I think I have broken myself of the habit. You people have probably got me started again. Thanks.)

[enigmatic]

15. Didn't the hippie teacher in Beavis And Butthead say that. too?

I can't think of his name..