Editing OK (section)

==Gesture==
{{Main|OK gesture}}
[[File:OK Sign.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.5|alt=Closeup of fingers with the thumb and index finger forming a circle and the other fingers extended.|Okay sign]]
In the United States and much of Europe a related [[gesture]] is made by touching the index finger with the thumb (forming a rough circle) and raising of the remaining fingers.<ref name=FGuide>Armstrong, Nancy & Melissa Wagner. (2003) ''Field Guide to Gestures: How to Identify and Interpret Virtually Every Gesture Known to Man.'' Philadelphia: Quirk Books.</ref> It is not known whether the gesture is derived from the expression, or if the gesture appeared first. The gesture was popularized in the United States in 1840 as a symbol to support then-presidential candidate and incumbent vice president Martin Van Buren. This was because Van Buren's nickname, Old Kinderhook, derived from his hometown of Kinderhook, NY, had the initials O.K.<ref name=FGuide/> Similar gestures have different meanings in other cultures, some offensive, others devotional.<ref name="aol">[https://www.aol.com/article/2010/07/26/dangerous-body-language-abroad/19554303/ Dangerous Body Language Abroad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425000711/https://www.aol.com/article/2010/07/26/dangerous-body-language-abroad/19554303/ |date=25 April 2017 }}, by Matthew Link. Posted 26 July 2010 01:00 PM. Retrieved on 17 November 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.maria-brazil.org/brazilian_body_language_obscene.htm Body Language. Obscene, to be used with extreme moderation!] Retrieved on 17 November 2012</ref>