okie-doke

English

Alternative forms

• okie doke

Etymology

Clipping of okie-dokie, imitating the naïve responses of those who willingly yet unwittingly agree to the terms of disastrously bad or harmful agreements by saying "okie-doke".

Noun

okie-doke (countable and uncountable, plural okie-dokes)

1. A scheme or stratagem intended to cheat or swindle; trick.
   • 2009, Richard Wolffe, Renegade: The Making of a President, page 198:

     Those are the same old tricks. They're trying to bamboozle you. It's the same old okie-doke. Y'all know about okie-doke, right?

   • 2012, Clay Walker, Crawling Towards the Light:

     There was an innocent look in his eyes but at this point I am way too guarded to fall for it. I've already been through this once last year when my Army career was ruined. Falling for the okie-doke.

   • 2021, D.D. Thompson, Learning to Let Go:

     If we're being honest, at one point or another we all fall for this kind of okie doke.

2. Swindling.

See also

• bait and switch