Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OK's origins are apparently rather comedic. bubaone via Getty Images The English language is chock full of abbreviations. While ...

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but nearly every taxi driver or street vendor in the world understands one word made famous during a raucous U.S.

The English language is chock full of abbreviations. While the words behind many of these shortened forms tend to feel rather obvious (like ft. for feet and VP for vice president), there are plenty of ...