M'kay

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /mːˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Alternative forms

• mkay, mmkay, mmmkay, mmk
• mm-kay, mmm-kay

Origin

Nasalized variant of "okay". Perhaps made popular by frequent appearance in the cartoon South Park as 's catchphrase; earlier, apparently only in linguistic transcriptions of speech.

Full definition of m'kay

Interjection

1. (informal) Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.spelling mkay

• 1991, Barbara A. Fox, “Cognitive and Interactional Aspects of Correction in Tutoring,” in Teaching Knowledge and Intelligent Tutoring, Peter Goodyear ed. http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=I36Zzj7B7pgC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&sig=ZZYBrtCu62xusRHVxW0AAjsisuQ: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.T. Mhm
• 1993, Herbert H Clark, Arenas of Language Use http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=iRlL1nmsB-4C&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&sig=MzayaXWqjqReOg6XyNY2ES7Ycn4... the director would go on only when both were satisfied the matcher had understood, as here:
• D. The long view of the quad uh walkwayM. thoseM. ┌ numbers right?D. â”” is number 5M. MkayD. 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.
• 2004, Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=txlWQXzOIukC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&sig=xzYsGkjZNOFHeKU7vnfoysmeOH0:My bold, Crocodile Hunter “Absolutely” withered into “mkay” with the end of the word lilted up like a desperate question.
• 2004, Deanna Kizis, How to Meet Cute Boys http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=QAu5foUdyEkC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&sig=oNcYAAFSGryL3NbegfxWLHkDy8M:That has nothing to do with star-power crap and everything to do with keeping it real, mkay?spelling mmkay
• 1997: Christina S. Beck, Partnership for Health (dead link):
• C: I want you to re:st (.) re:st (.) as much as you can do (.) is just re:st (.) hhh when >you go< home (.) >you tell< your husband you make dinner honey (.) hhh you take care of me (.) . . . I need >to set< down (.) I need >to rest< (.)P: mmkay (.)C: and >get down< (.) watch your sodium (.) the salt=
• 2004, Abbe Diaz, PX This (dead link):well i used to have some skilled sticky fingers of my own back in the day so i know a shoplifted dress when i see one mmkay.
• 2005, Catherine Delaney, The Rosameorns (dead link):I looked back to him...mmkay brown hair dark eyes...high cheek bones that lucky monkey I wonder if he has some native American.
• 2005, Jenny Colgan, Boy I Loved Before (dead link)She was sitting perched on her desk, in that nonchalant, ‘mmkay?’ way teachers do when they’re trying to pretend they’re down with the kids.spelling mmmkay
• 1999, “It's Easy, MMMKay.” in soundtrack South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• 2004, Victoria Schmitz, If It’s Not One Thing It’s the Other http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=lFcLqmFytiMC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&sig=H_Qm7nTzqEzS470vfocV9c74reI:Let’s get all this straight. He took me to a place he hates to see if I like it. Mmmkay.
• 2004, Stephanie Lehmann, Are You in the Mood http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ECabx9_RoXAC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&sig=pW9_uvNdBOBHc__4hwhYzAfhRWsHe told her she could sleep in if she liked. “Mmmkay,” she said without opening her eyes, and he kissed her good-bye.spelling m’kay
• 1999, Tom Bradley, Black Class Cur http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Fdo3ky2yq-sC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&sig=PGLARdInWR86z9kI3MQaQKe5G9s:“I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anybody, not even the missus, m’kay?”“M’kay.”
• 2003, Bill Hunt and Todd Doogan, The Digital Bits: Insider’s Guide to DVD http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZPvgA1QU1BMC&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&sig=hJv3zSuA9sriREBxGXxi7ZevcuQ:But do keep in mind that this film South Park is not for the faint of heart, and it ain’t for kids, m’kay?spelling mm-kay
• 2000, Tom Bradley, Hustling the East http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=GYnGE49yhPsC&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&sig=JIS7zjR3YOAzjIW-jrKuyOrxpQM:She didn’t ask what that was supposed to mean, but tallied a while on her fingertips and obliged him.“Mm-kay, bye.”
• 2005, Bill Eisele, Scrub Match http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=7M31jHxhJawC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&sig=no7YkuHLZazkBAuC0ztcd6i9AJI“All I’m saying,” the Asian man said, “is it’s about time she got a whiff of her own breath. Mm-kay?”spelling mmm-kay
• 2005: Michael Collins, Hot Lights, Cold Steel http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=_AVckob6-kQC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=9f8B9F-BmUpM8uXEium7jQXXStg:“Well, I’m going to take a picture of your arm and then this nice doctor is going to fix it for you, okay?”“Mmm-kay.”