On Stack Exchange sites, I keep seeing answerers use "OP" to refer to the person who asked a question. I can't seem to find any enlightenment online as to what it means.
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duplicate of: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69894/… meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40353/…– gnatCommented Sep 10, 2012 at 11:49
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4FYI, google is good at classifying acronyms (eg, using the exact title of this question what does OP mean)– JamiecCommented Jul 22, 2015 at 13:42
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The characters "OP" stand for "Original Poster", the person originally asking the question.
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9Also, somewhat less commonly, OP refers to the post itself; "Original Post". Commented Sep 10, 2012 at 14:51
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@AndrewBarber Ha, have a look at my revision history. I took it out because I could not find a reliable reference for it, so I assumed it might just have been me. :)– BartCommented Sep 10, 2012 at 14:53
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20For newcomers (like me), it's a little disconcerting to be referred to as an acronym you don't understand.– kdavies4Commented Jul 6, 2014 at 3:55
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5thank you, I was feeling ashamed to ask that in other stack...– DanielVCommented Apr 14, 2015 at 12:27
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2Until today I really didn't know what actually OP stands for but I used it (for person asking question) many times to keep the discussion going and some how I encountered this post. Thanks. Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 17:44
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What is the non-Original Poster then? I would understand
"QP" for question posterbecause the other posts are comments and answers, but from my point of view, OP is more confusing then helping.– AvatarCommented Jan 14, 2018 at 8:49