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- Distribution of slang term “opp” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The mainstream dictionary entries seem to be either for "opp" meaning "opportunity" (as in "business opp", "job opp"), or as an abbreviation for terms such as "opposite" or "opus" So I think the hip-hop slang is probably a separate coinage
- abbreviations - Usage of p. versus pp. versus pg. to denote page . . .
As far as I know, pg is not an acceptable form, at least in formal writing The correct forms are p for a single page, and pp for a range In many cases, actually, you don't need any of them Quite commonly you'll find references in the form volume:page (s), like 5:204 or 8:99–108 (or, for works of a single volume, something like Blah Blah Blah 108)
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Opp to rare and 'rare' in this sense: a Originally: (of an organ or tissue, soil, or other substance) having the constituent material or particles loose or not closely packed together; not dense or compact; attenuated In later use chiefly: (of air or a gas) having low density, thin (though cf rare gas n at Special uses 2)
- What would be an appropriate opposite of exceed?
Exceed is commonly used, but when I found myself wanting to use the opposite I couldn't really find a single word that would do it fall short of and inadequate are a little off How about deceed?
- Is “misogyny” only applicable to men? What is the antonym of misogyny?
Your last question asks for an antonym to 'misogamy', which is not the same as 'misogyny', that is, hating marriage, not women The antonym of m'misogamy' would then be 'loving marriage' which for a male would correspond most nearly to uxorious
- antonyms - What is the opposite of the word confirm? - English . . .
@AndrewLeach: I agree that it sounds like a non-word But it's reasonably popular as per Google Books especially in science and philosophy While it initially appeared to be a word inevitably - as in the example in my answer - paired with confirm, this isn't really the case either Disprove is, as expected, far more popular
- What does no-op mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
So far as I know, no-op is only ever the microprocessor instruction meaning 'do nothing' Invariably associated with instruction code 0, largely because if a block of memory containing executable code were to fail or not be correctly written in the first place, it would very like end up containing 0's Doing nothing is the safest option in that case It's at least quirky, if not downright
- Opt Out or Opt-Out - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Opt out" without the hyphen would be taken as a verb--that is, to opt out or remove oneself from something I've opted out of attending the conference "Opt-out" with the hyphen may be used as a compound adjective: Be sure to make a decision before the opt-out period Where "opt-out" here describes the period
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