oppo

See also: Oppo

English

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA^(key): /ˈɒ.pəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.poʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒpəʊ, -ɑpoʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of opposite number.

Noun

oppo (plural oppos or oppoes)

1. (countable, UK, slang) A friend, associate or colleague. [from 20th c.]
   • 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, published 2016, page 53:

     “It's all right, chaps, the decorator's come. This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.”

Etymology 2

Clipping of opposition, or of opposition research as a whole.

Noun

oppo (uncountable)

1. (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