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by elvircrn 766 days ago
During my elementary school days, we were told by our English teacher that the origin was related to death toll reporting after a battle (presumably involving the Brits or Americans). Therefore, "0 K" would indicate that no soldiers were killed - an OK outcome. This went on to live in my head rent-free until today.
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Yup, heard the same. That "O K" was actually "0 K": Zero Killed.

But zero killed and all good are both OK with me!