It came into existence as an acronym of “Oll Korrect” which was simply an ... The eighth president of the United States Martin Van Buren (1837-41) was born in Kinderhook, New York State ...

The term was intended to be a shorthand for “oll korrect,” which at the time was a common slang misspelling of “all correct.” The deliberate misspelling of words, followed by their abbreviation and ...