English word origin

Etymology of GOP

Initialism of Grand Old Party, a nickname for the Republican Party, in use by 1884.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

The Republican Party, one of the two major political parties in the United States.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Initialism of Grand Old Party, a nickname for the Republican Party, in use by 1884.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Acronym of group of pictures.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Acronym of group of pictures, a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream.

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