What does OP mean?

[S1ngram]

I'm feeling really uninformed. I keep reading posts where people are referred to as OP. I even saw a recent post where Duraleigh referred to himself as OP. I can think of a few things it could mean, but I'm not sure they are right. Can you all help a gal out?

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Alright...I figured it out. The urban dictionary says it means 'original poster'. I'm glad I didn't share any of my guesses for what it meant

 

[YippeeSkippy]

LOL, GIYF
(Laughing out loud, Google is your friend)

 

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

Original poster. I think!

 

[jblizzle]

You got it. Pretty generic and I think we usually mostly avoid it and try to use names ... more friendly

 

[BoDarville]

Yep, OP = Original Poster. This is the person who starts a thread.

 

[Death Dream]

Over Powered!!!! lol.

Depends when and how it is used. 99% of the time here on the forums it means Original Poster.

 

[lefty51]

Whew, glad that's cleared up. I thought "boy, Ron Howard sure is posting on here a lot". How does he have time to make movies ?

 

[duraleigh]

Lefty51 beat me to it!

S1ngram,

Great Post! Always ask and we all get on the same page. I do it because I am a lazy typist and it's a nice shortcut..