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oppo

UK/ˈɒ.pəʊ/US/ˈɑ.poʊ/

oppo noun: a friend, associate or colleague.

Noun (1)

oppo (plural oppos or oppoes)

  1. (UK, countable, slang) A friend, associate or colleague.
    • 'I suppose you're referring to Fluker,' I told him, and he looked at me in stunned amazement when I explained that he was one of my old oppoes.2012, Tony Orchard, Here's to our Far-Flung Empire
    • “It's all right, chaps, the decorator's come. This 'ere is me old ’oppo Ginger Vernall.”2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 53

Noun (2)

oppo (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) Research into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.

Synonyms of oppo

Forms of oppo

pluraloppos
pluraloppoes

Origin of oppo

Clipping of opposite number.

Clipping of opposition, or of opposition research as a whole.

Phrases with oppo

Questions about oppo

What does oppo mean?
Oppo means a friend, associate or colleague.
What part of speech is oppo?
Oppo is a noun.
How do you pronounce oppo?
Oppo is pronounced /ˈɒ.pəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of oppo?
The plural of oppo is oppos.

Words near oppo in the dictionary

  1. opping
  2. oppings
  3. Oppland
  4. opplete
  5. oppletion
  6. oppo
  7. oppo research
  8. oppo taco
  9. oppoes
  10. oppone
  11. opponed

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