opping

English

Verb

opping

1. present participle and gerund of op

Noun

opping (plural oppings)

1. (Internet) The promotion of an IRC user to operator status.
   • 1994, Roger Espel Llima, “Keeping a channel open (ircii-2.6)”, in alt.irc (Usenet):

     […] the purpose of delaying autoops is basically reducing the number of mode changes, and grouping several oppings into one.

   • 1998, do...@noone.com, “Chat Channel”, in alt.irc.mirc (Usenet):

     Chanserv can control a channel in terms of oppings and deoppings […]

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