Kid, meaning a young goat, is a word that was borrowed from the Vikings around the 9th century. Centuries later, it came to mean a child and a teasing joke.
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OK, is Martin Van Buren responsible for the tiny word that punches above its weight?
From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands “OK.” It’s a gift from American English that’s spread across the globe in less than 200 years.
