psyop

English

Alternative forms

• psy-op

Etymology

Back-formation from psyops.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɒp/

Noun

psyop (plural psyops)

1. An instance of psyops: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine sort.
   • 2009 January 15, Cintra Wilson, “All’s Fair in Beauty and War”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The psyop wing of Disney’s marketing department is now so hair-raisingly effective that we can only wonder what will become of little girls imprinted so deeply with such cultish brand devotion.

   • 2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     If the Swift/Kelce pairing is a government psyop, as conservatives want to believe, the CIA sure knows how to stage damn good football.

2. A psychological operative; a person who participates in psychological operations.

Anagrams

• Yopps, popsy, soppy