# What Do OP and IMHO mean?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768 "2001-10-11T12:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![don\_willard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@don\_willard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_willard)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/1 "2001-10-11T12:34:15Z")

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What do OP and IMHO mean?

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/2 "2001-10-11T12:35:57Z")

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OP - original post (point)  
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/3 "2001-10-11T12:45:23Z")

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Shouldn’t OP be O.P.?

I’ve never understood that rule.

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**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/4 "2001-10-11T12:56:09Z")

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FWIW, AFAIK, the OP goes in ATMB.

TTYL.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/5 "2001-10-11T13:26:43Z")

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OP can refer to the Original Post or the Original Poster.

I’ll move this to ATMB.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/6 "2001-10-11T14:04:23Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \*  
> \*\*Shouldn’t OP be O.P.?
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> I’ve never understood that rule. \*\*

Shoudn’t NASA be N.A.S.A. ??

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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-op-and-imho-mean/86768/7 "2001-10-11T16:39:50Z")

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How’m ah doin? 😃