Okie
pronunciation
How to pronounce Okie in British English:
UK [ˈəuki]
How to pronounce Okie in American English:
US [ˈoki]
Word Origin
- Okie
- "migrant agricultural worker," especially one driven from farms in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, 1938, short for U.S. state of Oklahoma. "Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're a dirty son-of-a-bitch." [John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," 1939]
Example
- 1. My dog is a little overweight but still okie .
- 2. It 's okie too to hit his face .
- 3. Okie la , talk later then , back to work slacker , hehe .
- 4. And she 's not an okie . She 's from west virginia .
- 5. You detect that , an okie nuttiness ?