m'kay
/m(ː)ˈkeɪ/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
Meaning
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
intj
Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "In these tutoring sessions we have found that, when the tutor agrees with the student’s displayed understanding, her signal of confirmation comes quickly after the student’s turn, as in: S. Mkay. hh. And I know it’s negative, just to follow your thought process, because I know that the sine is positive."
- "… the director would go on only when both were satisfied the matcher had understood, as here: D. The long view of the quad uh walkway M. those M. ┌ numbers right? D. └ is number 5 M. Mkay D. Yeah with the numbers on the bottom."
- "1995, Charles Conrad and Lucinda Sinclair-James, “Institutional Pressures, Cultural Constraints, and Communication in Community Mediation Organizations,” in Conflict and Organizations, Anne Maydan Nicotera ed. M1: Mkay. Let me point us back to. This is related to um what we were talking about and how you’re going to um sort of report what happened here tonight."
- "My bold, Crocodile Hunter “Absolutely” withered into “mkay” with the end of the word lilted up like a desperate question."
- "That has nothing to do with star-power crap and everything to do with keeping it real, mkay?"
- "C: I want you to re:st (.) re:st (.) as much as you can do (.) is just re:st (.) hhh when >you go you tell to set to rest get down< (.) watch your sodium (.) the salt="
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /m(ː)ˈkeɪ/