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Sorry for newbie question, but what is it OP?
I read these letters in many posts. Sometimes I think that it is the first post in the tread, Open Post. Sometimes I think it is the author of the first post.
So, what does mean OP?

Original Poster, its the person who started the thread/ discussion.

OP stands for Original Poster. If you need any other translations, check out http://www.noslang.com/dictionary/

I believe that it actually means Original Post (although it can sometimes mean the person who made the Original post when referring to a specific person - however I tend to think of it the actual post more then the person).

There are many uses. In gaming, it is "Over Powered" however in this forum it means the original post. You are the OP of this thread.

It's you! :)

Honestly I enjoy using TS (Thread Starter)
the one who started the thread

meanwhile using OP will be stands for 2 meanings (Original post or Original Poster)
A bit confusion there  :-X

that's my opinion  :)

The phrase actually originates from the Latin phrase Vescere bracis meis, which means ‘the thought whisperer’. Over time, the phrase was corrupted by the Germanic tribes of Bronze Age Europe into Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, which translates as ‘the beef whisperer’.

The influx of Romans, Spanish Moors and Vikings into the Celtic population in the British Isles meanwhile forced another evolution of the phrase into Nuair a bhíonn an cat amuigh, bíonn an luch ag rince, which means ‘the cat whisperer’.

Over a millennia later, the Renaissance Era heralded a re-imagining of the phrase, leading to the term ‘Lui è come un polpo’, which translates as ‘the octopus whisperer’. A couple of centuries later, at the advent of the European Age of Enlightenment, the term gained ascendency within the thriving intellectual community. John Locke was reputed to have referred to his arch nemesis Thomas Hobbes as 'OP' during a debate in a London bar (which eventually spiraled into a free for all that has been largely ignored by historians).

Ben Franklin was the first American to use the term in the colonies after overhearing its use in a few Parisian bordellos. It quickly became a meme within the revolutionary circles and Thomas Jefferson included the term in the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (it was later edited out by John Adams, who had always harbored jealousy towards Jefferson owing to his thick locks of red hair).

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speechwriter also originally used the term in the Day of Infamy speech to address Japanese Emperor Hirohito. However, his cabinet members balked at the idea and his speechwriter was fired for that foolhardy move.

In 1995, the term entered into mainstream consciousness when members of Usenet’s alt.politics.sex (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.politics.sex) group started to use the term freely, almost every chance they get. A bit shameful, really.

Sadly OP, there is no one alive today who remembers the original meaning of the term.

Ps: Also, I’m just trying to burn up fifteen minutes while waiting for my download of The Two Faces of January to complete.

It means Original Poster and it is also the thread operator.

I usually called TS(Thread Starter) but seems like many people use OP here, so i just follow the trend :D


That's :D

Thank you. The shortest answer is the best :)

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Yes, sometimes I saw comments like "OP should update OP" that is confusing a little bit.

Well, when you know what it is all about it is not confusing at all in my opinion.