OP is a very popular term when it comes to games. While playing Battlegrounds Mobile India, you must have heard the term OP for any special or different things that happen in the game. Or noticed it in a chat while watching streams of popular gamers. Also, if you check a lot of social media answers or comment sections, you’ll see the term OP. So the question remains, what is OP? What is the long form and what does it mean? Well, OP means many terms in different situations, and in this article we will talk about the same thing. Without further ado, let’s get started.
Full form OP
Although there are many full forms of OP, two are mostly used in real life. These are “Overpowered”and “Original Post”. Both words have different meanings and should not be taken as one.
Overpowered is a term that is mostly used in games when evaluating something. The term is popular among battle royale players like Battlegrounds Mobile India or PUBG Mobile.
The term Original Post is referred to as OP on social media such as Reddit, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. This means the person who made this comment first, or the person who is the original creator of this post.
How to use OP in social networks?
On social media, OP is an acronym for Original Post or Original Poster. This refers to the person who is the original creator of this post. For example, when you are on Twitter, you notice a lot of tweets that have replies, and replies have other replies that turn it into a thread. Now the person under this thread can use the acronym OP to refer to the first person who tweeted this. It is used on popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, etc.
Here are some examples of how you can use the term OP on social media.
- Shubham tweets, “I want to purchase an Android device for Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000.”
- The user replies that he should buy an iPhone at that price and explains various reasons why he should.
- Now the third person answers and speaks.” I think the OP is only looking for an Android phone and is not thinking about buying an iPhone.”The OP here refers to Shubham or the original poster.
How to use OP in games?
The term OP in games refers to Overpowered, meaning that the character or player is overpowered. In addition, it can be used to indicate an appreciation of one’s efforts to defeat an enemy, or to demonstrate some kind of skill.
It can also be used when the player discovers that a weapon, another player, or anything related to the game is more powerful than it should be. At that time, OP could be called Overpowered. For example, the game has a 1v4 situation where the player defeats all four with their skills. This player is called the OP player. You can use the OP term in the following statements while playing.
“AWM is a combat weapon”, which means that the AWM is a powerful weapon capable of inflicting serious damage to other players.
How to use OP in anime?
An animated show for Netflix is also in development.
Whereas OP usually means two terms. But it also has different meanings when it comes to anime. The abbreviation OP in the anime stands for two terms: One Piece (a popular anime show) and the opening song. One Piece is one of the most popular anime shows and also the best selling manga of all time. Also, OP stands for opening songs or anime opening credits.
OP can be used in anime as below.
- “Did you see the OP? It’s so good that I highly recommend you watch it”- here OP stands for One Piece.
- “OP anime Your Name is so good that I still listen to it”- here OP means the opening song of the anime Your Name.
Other popular internet phrases that accompany OP
As with the OP, there are other popular phrases on the internet that are used to briefly describe something. You can refer to the table below for more abbreviations like this one.
short form | Full form |
GUARANTEED VICTORY | Good game |
BG | Bad game |
Pro | Professional |
noob | Novice players who play poorly |
FPP | First-person view |
TPP | Third person view |
AFC | Away from the keyboard |