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It would be just as easy – easier, actually – to provide all that info except the gun I’m purchasing on the form and get the official okey-dokey from the feds.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Merrick Garland is no friend of the rights of gun owners 2010
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It long ago lost any resemblance to a joke, so when we want to give it a humorous twist we're likely to say "Okey-dokey," which has various connotations, among them "lack of education, or, more positively, simplicity of character" and "playfulness."
Linguistically, America is A-OK Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Okey dokey, then let me offer a non-snerky observation:
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Conservatards/republiscum will think this is just okey-dokey, even as they themselves are getting raped by the insurance companies.
Think Progress » REPORT: WellPoint Raising Premium Rates By Double Digits In At Least 11 States 2010
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So glad to hear that Smokey came through the surgery okey-dokey.
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If you're reading these all day, you're probably not publishing anything, so probably not making much mone -- okey-dokey.
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Great that the girl is okey-dokey, but come on, is this really news for the rest of us?
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It long ago lost any resemblance to a joke, so when we want to give it a humorous twist we're likely to say "Okey-dokey," which has various connotations, among them "lack of education, or, more positively, simplicity of character" and "playfulness."
Linguistically, America is A-OK Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Dispossession is well under way, and it seems to be okey-dokey with most Americans, maybe even some reading this blog.
Our Stories 2009
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Why when US soldiers are waterboarded it is treated as a capital crime and it is okey dokey for Cheney to okay it? dz in Austin
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