# What does "OP" mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-op-mean/54215>\
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**Created:** [February 12, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-op-mean/54215 "2001-02-12T23:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-op-mean/54215/1 "2001-02-12T23:52:00Z")

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I see it here and there, sprinkled in random posts. Context tells me nothing. Could someone clue me in?

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-op-mean/54215/2 "2001-02-13T00:18:36Z")

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Belated welcome to you, **Admiral Borg**!

OP stands for “original post”. There’s a thread around here that spelled out all the commonly-used acronyms; I’ll see if I can dig it up for you.

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-op-mean/54215/3 "2001-02-13T00:21:36Z")

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Here it is. 🙂

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=2528)