# What does "GOP" stand for these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962 "2016-08-06T18:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/81 "2024-08-07T23:20:59Z")
Greed Over Patriotism? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/82 "2024-08-08T02:15:22Z")
Greed Over Policy ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/83 "2024-08-08T03:11:56Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Grand Olde Party The spelling “olde” instead of “old” had nearly disappeared by the time the term “Grand Old Party” for the Republican party was created in 1876… The spelling “old” was about 400 times as common in 1876 as the spelling. It appears, in fact, that no one ever used the spelling “Grand Olde Party”. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/84 "2024-08-08T03:20:04Z")
So the “Grand Old Party” was 20 years old at the time it got that nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/85 "2024-08-08T03:29:16Z")
Yes, or at least if the term was used, it was only a phrase that people said in conversation, not in writing. Incidentally, the only people who used the spelling “olde” in reference to the G.O.P. that Google is able to find are ones who called it the “Grande Olde Party”. If they were going to make that joke, they made it fully, spelling with an extra “e” for both the first two words. Still, Google could only find 29 examples of it in everything that Google has access to. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/86 "2024-08-08T03:54:44Z")
They stand for contempt for any of the USA’s worthwhile ideals (even though they are for the most part, aspirational). ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/87 "2024-08-08T10:28:25Z")
It was actually originally Gallant Old Party\*, the Grand came later. \*Yes, yes, I conceded the ‘e’ when RadicalPi brought it up in 2016 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/88 "2024-08-08T18:19:41Z")
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