oppo
See also: Oppo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.pəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.poʊ/
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Etymology 1
Clipping of opposite number.
Noun
oppo (plural oppos or oppoes)
- (countable, UK, slang) A friend, associate or colleague. [from 20th c.]
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 53:
- “It's all right, chaps, the decorator's come. This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.”
- 2012, Tony Orchard, Here's to our Far-Flung Empire
- 'I suppose you're referring to Fluker,' I told him, and he looked at me in stunned amazement when I explained that he was one of my old oppoes.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 53:
Etymology 2
Clipping of opposition, or of opposition research as a whole.
Noun
oppo (uncountable)
- (uncountable, US, politics, informal) Research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.
- Synonyms: oppo research, opposition research
Anagrams
- po-po, poop, popo