What is "OP"?

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What is "OP"?

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The term "OP" has been used several times. And I have to admit that I've just been pretending to know what that means. So, what does "OP" mean?

Is it Opening Post? Original Paragraph? Original Poster? Observation Post? Organophosphate Pesticide? :confused2:
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otseng wrote:The term "OP" has been used several times. And I have to admit that I've just been pretending to know what that means. So, what does "OP" mean?

Is it Opening Post? Original Paragraph? Original Poster? Observation Post? Organophosphate Pesticide? :confused2:
I always took it to mean Opinion Piece
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I always thought it meant "Original Post", or "Original Poster", i.e., the person who started the thread.
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Hmmm I've used it a number of times. I assumed that it meant "Opening Post".
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OP = Original Post

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From context I too assumed it meant Original Post.
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I always thought it meant "Opening Post". It seemed in the context of which it was said, they were referring to something in the Opening Post.

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On forums it means, Original Post or Opening Post, both indicating the first post of a thread.
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According to Acronym Finder
  1. OP Output (Hyper Logo command)
  2. OP Off-Peak (time)
  3. OP Output Power
  4. OP Operator Panel
  5. OP Opening Post (internet message boards)
  6. OP Outpatient Pharmacy
  7. OP Operation/Operational
  8. OP Operation Register
  9. OP Originating Party
  10. OP Overlap Pulsing
  11. OP Office of the President
  12. OP Overland Park (Kansas)
  13. OP Operating Procedure(s)
  14. OP Order Processing
  15. OP Outreach Program
  16. OP Opposing Party (legal notation and billing)
  17. OP Office of Policy (Social Security)
  18. OP Observation Post
  19. OP Operating Plan
  20. OP Opportunities Page (CECOM)
  21. OP Operations Order
  22. OP Order Point
  23. OP Operations Procedures
  24. OP Operation Point
  25. OP Other Procurement
  26. OP Operation Officer (Navy)
  27. OP Optional Procedure
  28. OP Operational Picture
  29. OP Occupation Permit (Hong Kong)
  30. OP Operation/Operational
  31. OP Operator Personal
  32. OP Ordnance Pamphlet
  33. OP Ordnance Publication
  34. OP Operational Phase/Project
  35. OP Overnight Per Diem
  36. OP Optical
  37. OP Opus (Latin: A Work; used in referring to music)
  38. OP Osteoporosis
  39. OP Outpatient
  40. OP Order of Precedence
  41. OP Organophosphate (insecticide)
  42. OP Operationssaal (German: Operating Room)
  43. OP Optical Power
  44. OP Old Patient
  45. OP Organophosphorus (pesticide)
  46. OP Open Pollinated (botany)
  47. OP Operating Pressure
  48. OP Old Persian (linguistics)
  49. OP Observation Point
  50. OP Outpatient Pharmacy
  51. OP Oil Purifier
  52. OP Oxidative Phosphorylation
  53. OP Osmotic Pressure
  54. OP Orthographic Projection
  55. OP Oxygen Pressure
  56. OP Occiput Posterior (fetal position)
  57. OP Osteitis Pubis
  58. OP Opacity Project
  59. OP Original Pack (pharmacology)
  60. OP Optimal Partitioning (sectorization method)
  61. OP Opponens Pollicis
  62. OP Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
  63. OP Orbiter Payload
  64. OP Orbit Prediction
  65. OP Opponents Pollicis
  66. OP Overland Park (Kansas)
  67. OP Oak Park (Illinois)
  68. OP Oral Presentation
  69. OP Osuuspankki (Finnish banking cooperative)
  70. OP Outreach Program
  71. OP Order of Preachers (Roman Catholicism; Dominican)
  72. OP Office Productivity (course)
  73. OP Operational Program
  74. OP Ordo Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers; formal name of Dominicans, a Catholic religious institution)
  75. OP Operation Phoenix (San Bernadino, CA after school program)
  76. OP Ordinis Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers)
  77. OP Order of the Pelican (Society for Creative Anachronism)
  78. OP Optional Procedure
  79. OP Oral Production (test)
  80. OP Oral Participation
  81. OP Dominican Sisters of Divine Providence (religious order)
  82. OP Opinion
  83. OP Opportunity (Ads)
  84. OP Out of Print
  85. OP Office Professional
  86. OP Ocean Pacific
  87. OP Osuuspankki (Finnish banking cooperative)
  88. OP Operating Profit
  89. OP Outreach Program
  90. OP Opposing Party (legal notation and billing)
  91. OP Original Production
  92. OP Optional Procedure
  93. OP Over-Proof (of alcohol)
  94. OP Operator (IRC)
  95. OP Opposite (volleyball position)
  96. OP Other People
  97. OP One Piece (Anime)
  98. OP Outpost (gaming)
  99. OP Original Poster (internet newsgroups and message boards)
  100. OP Overpowered (gaming)
  101. OP Organized Play (gaming)
  102. OP One Power (Wheel of Time series)
  103. OP Opening Post (internet message boards)
  104. OP Over Powered (gaming)
  105. OP Offensive Power (online gaming)
  106. OP Oil Pulling
  107. OP Operator Personal
  108. OP Olden Polynice (basketball player)
  109. OP Ohjelmointiputka (Finnish programming site)
  110. OP Outpicked (gaming)
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Woah, overkill.

It means "Opening Post".
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From other forums I've been on, I've been told it means "Original Post" and can also be taken to mean "Original Poster."
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