op

The word “op” means informal term meaning to promote someone to administrator or operator status in an online chat or game. In plain terms, to grant someone admin rights online, or (regionally) to shop at a charity/thrift store.

“Op” is pronounced op (/ɑp/ in IPA).

Here is “op” used in a sentence: “The moderators opped him after he'd helped run the server for months.”

“Op” is a verb.

“Op” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Op” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: informal term meaning to promote someone to administrator or operator status in an online chat or game.

Op is short for operator and dates back to early internet relay chat, or IRC, where a channel operator held special powers such as kicking or banning users. To op someone meant to grant them that status. The term carried over into gaming and other chat platforms, where admins are still called ops.

The opposite is deop, meaning to remove someone's operator or administrator status and return them to an ordinary user. If a moderator misbehaves, an admin might deop them to strip their powers. The pair op and deop remain common shorthand in chat rooms, gaming servers, and similar online communities.

Op is informal slang used within online chat, gaming, and community platforms. You would not find it in a business email or formal document, but it is instantly understood among people who moderate or play in these spaces. It works as both a verb, to op, and a noun, an op.

A server owner might say, I'll op you so you can manage the channel, meaning they will grant operator powers. Someone might also ask, can you op me? to request admin rights. The word always involves handing another person control or moderation abilities in an online space.