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Okie dokie artichokie
Meaning
- A highly whimsical and extended version of okey-dokey. It is almost exclusively used by people being intentionally silly, playful, or trying to entertain young children.
Whimsical, silly
Used in a sentence
- Okie dokie artichokie, time to get your pajamas on.
- I told the office manager okie dokie artichokie and he looked at me like I was insane.
- Okie dokie artichokie, let us start the meeting.
The backstory
This is a playful expansion of the rhyming phrase okey-dokey. The word artichokie is a nonsensical suffix chosen purely for its bouncy, rhyming sound.
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