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In some senses, m'kay is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
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.
Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
C: I want you to re:st (.) re:st (.) as much as you can do (.) is just re:st (.) hhh when >you goyou tellto setto restget down< (.) watch your sodium (.) the salt=
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.
Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
1999, “It's Easy, MMMKay.” [title, in soundtrack] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Let’s get all this straight. He took me to a place he hates to see if I like it. Mmmkay.
Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anybody, not even the missus, m’kay?
But do keep in mind that this film [viz. South Park] is not for the faint of heart, and it ain’t for kids, m’kay?
Okay; an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense.
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?”