oppo
Short for "opposition research" — the campaign-staffer tradecraft of digging up damaging information about political opponents.
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Short for "opposition research" — the campaign-staffer tradecraft of digging up damaging information about political opponents. Standard shorthand in US political-Twitter / Bluesky discourse since at least the late 2000s. Wider sports use: in British football, "the oppo" = the opposing team ("watching the oppo on tape this week"). Context disambiguates.
someone in the oppo shop must have leaked that file, no way that surfaces randomly
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(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.
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Short for "opposition" — an enemy or rival. Originally drill and Chicago hip-hop; standard hip-hop slang now.
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Opposition. In drill and street slang, your enemies or rival crew.
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An opponent; an enemy; the opposition.
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(MLE, slang) Characteristic of an opp; inimical, hostile.