# Okie dokie... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014 "2013-05-10T18:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/1 "2013-05-10T18:09:17Z")
When giving a cheerful ‘okie dokie’, and specifying that you use another word at the end, what word do you use? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/2 "2013-05-10T18:17:44Z")
When I was a stupid little kid (as opposed to the stupid adult I am now), I somehow got it in my head that the saying was, “okie dokie paul-la-lokie.” Yeah, that’s not a word. What of it? Anyway, even though I know it’s nonsense, it still goes through my head any time anyone uses the phrase “okie dokie.” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/3 "2013-05-10T18:22:37Z")
“Smokie,” but with a Bogartesque lisp - “Schmokie.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/4 "2013-05-10T18:22:50Z")
Okie dokie finokie…but I rarely end it with anything. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/5 "2013-05-10T18:31:22Z")
I just noticed I fat-fingered ‘Artichokie’ (‘io’ instead of ‘o’). If a mod would care to fix that, that would be great. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/6 "2013-05-10T18:36:13Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Okie dokie finokie…but I rarely end it with anything. I’m another finokie. At least, I would be if I used the expression. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/7 "2013-05-10T18:45:19Z")
I think the last time I used that phrase was about the last time the kids and I said “23 skidoo” and got into our jalopy and drove off to the barn dance. The hip kids now say, “groovy” and “far out”…get with it, man. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/8 "2013-05-10T18:46:41Z")
Okie dokie, little pokie. That’s all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/9 "2013-05-10T18:50:34Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > The hip kids now say, “groovy” and “far out”…get with it, man. I say ‘groovy’. But I say it ironically. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/10 "2013-05-10T18:52:28Z")
Um, I say it very oddly. If I don’t say just okie dokie, then usually I say okily dokily my little shuhnokuhlee. Yeah. I dunno why, I just do. I think my mom made it up one goofy day when I was very little and it stuck. I try to avoid saying it to people I want to respect me but I usually don’t remember until about halfway through and that’s just awkward. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/11 "2013-05-10T19:10:54Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “Smokie,” but with a Bogartesque lisp - “Schmokie.” Thisch. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/12 "2013-05-10T19:17:51Z")
If I don’t just terminate it at “Okie doke,” then it’s “Okie dokie doggie daddy.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/13 "2013-05-10T19:30:30Z")
> [@medstar](#): > > Okie dokie, little pokie. That’s all I’ve got. Okie dokie, Pokey is correct. All other versions are abominations. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/14 "2013-05-10T19:43:56Z")
The one and only time I’ve ever used the phrase, the final word was “Loki”. (I was, at the time, speaking to someone who plays a priest of Loki and a _MLP:FiM_ cosplayer. How could I resist?) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/15 "2013-05-10T19:51:07Z")
Usually it’s just “okie dokie,” by itself, or with “finokie.” That is, if I said it at all. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/16 "2013-05-10T20:00:40Z")
I do say artichokie sometimes, but usually I say dominokie. Which looks super weird spelled out. Also, I say it all the time. I thought it was cute, but this thread is making me re-evaluate my position. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/17 "2013-05-10T20:10:18Z")
Fenokee after the swamp made famous by [Pogo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_%28comic_strip%29) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/18 "2013-05-10T20:50:53Z")
Usually I say Artichokie, but sometimes I say Pemberoke. I’m not sure where that came from. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/19 "2013-05-10T20:53:16Z")
Okeefenokee. Not that I’ve said this more than 5 times in my life, and always post-ironically. Never heard of any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okie-dokie/658014/20 "2013-05-10T20:56:00Z")
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