OK'er

English Etymology From en OK -er agent noun. Noun en okayer one who OKs something. en 1949 Summer Fredson T. Bowers Bibliography and the University The Library Chronicle of the Friends of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania 15 2 45 https://archive.org/details/librarychronicle15univ/page/44/mode/2up?q=%22OK%27er%22 No matter how technical and seemingly unrelated to any literary use some bibliographical investigation is, all of it is sometime applied. And even if a bibliographer were never anything else, he would justify his existence and his technical studies by serving as the OK’er of basic documents. en 1979 Frederick G. Nichols Frederick G. Nichols’ Memoirs, 1878–1954: The Early View of Business Education St. Peter, Minnesota Delta Pi Epsilon, Inc. 0960306404 59 https://archive.org/details/frederickgnichol0000nich/page/58/mode/2up?q=%22OK%27er%22 In Rochester “Sanky” Mullen was secretary of the school board and the OK’er of ordinary requisitions. He had a reputation for being a bit tough to get requisitions by. en 2015-03-01 Dante Ramos Don’t sweat, the commas w:Boston Sunday Globe 287 60 K5 https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/02/27/don-sweat-commas/y2rS03fbnrf9W8FXXgcmVM/story.html By reputation, no publication is more carefully assembled than The New Yorker, and none applies its own standards so fastidiously. In a fascinating recent essay entitled “Holy Writ,” longtime proofreader Mary Norris notes that at no other magazine is there a position called “page OK’er.”