oppo
English
Etymology
By abbreviation of opposite number (for the first sense) and opponent/opposition (for the second).
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
oppo (plural oppos)
- (UK, slang) A friend, associate or colleague. [from 20th c.]
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 53:
- “It's all right, chaps, the decorator's come. This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.”
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 53:
- (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 (short for oppo research).
- (US, politics, informal) Opponent or opposition; only used in oppo research.